OLIVEIRA NETO, Temístocles Soares de.; AMARAL, Franklin Riet Correa.; MEDEIROS, Rosane Maria Trindade de.; OLIVEIRA, Diego Medeiros de.
Abstract:
To determine the abortive effect of Aspidosperma pyrifolium in goats and sheep two experiments were
performed. One group with 4 animals, three treated and one control, was used or each species. After
the confirmation o pregnancy green leaves of the plant were administered orally at daily doses of
10g/kg body weight to three sheep and three goats between day 90 and day 120 of gestation. One of
the three goats that received the plant gave birth to a premature kid at 124 days of gestation. The
other two experimental and the control goat delivered normal kids. The three sheep that received the
plant and the control sheep gave birth to normal lambs. No significant lesions were observed in the kid
that was born premature and in the placentas of sheep and goats. It is concluded that A. pyrifolium
had no fetotoxic effect for sheep at the doses used in this experiment. The experiment with goats was
inconclusive. New experiments using different doses in different stages of gestation are necessary to
demonstrate the toxicity of A. pyriolium for pregnant sheep and in goats.
