Acute hepatic necrosis associated with Trema micranthum poisoning in cattle in Brazil.
Trema micranthum (L.) Blume (Jamaican nettletree) is a hepatotoxic tree that is widely distributed throughout the Americas and has been associated with poisoning in several domestic animal species. To our knowledge, spontaneous intoxication in cattle has not been reported previously. Here, we describe 2 spontaneous out...