• Enzootic calcinosis in horses grazing Solanum glaucophyllum in Argentina 

      Odriozola, Ernesto Raul; Rodriguez, Alejandro Martin; Micheloud, Juan Francisco; Canton, German Jose; Caffarena, Rubén Dario; Gimeno, Eduardo Juan; Bodega, José J.; Gardey, Pedro; Iseas, Fortunato B.; Giannitti, Federico (2018-01)
      Solanum glaucophyllum, a toxic plant known for its calcinogenic effects, causes enzootic calcinosis in ruminant and monogastric animals. We describe an outbreak of enzootic calcinosis that occurred in a herd of 110 horses ...
    • White muscle disease in three selenium deficient beef and dairy calves in Argentina and Uruguay 

      Rodriguez, Alejandro Martin; Schild, Carlos Omar; Canton, German Jose; Riet-Correa, Franklin; Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio; Caffarena, Rubén Dario; Brambilla, Emilio Cesar; García, Juan Agustín; Morrell, Eleonora Lidia; Poppenga, Robert; Giannitti, Federico (Centro de Ciências Rurais, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2018-05)
      White muscle disease (WMD), nutritional myodegeneration or enzootic muscular dystrophy, is a nutritional condition associated with selenium and/or vitamin E deficiency in ruminants. These elements are constituents of the ...