Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Mushroom toxicity in a horse with meningioangiomatosis.
- Journal:
- Veterinary and human toxicology
- Year:
- 2000
- Authors:
- Frazier, K et al.
- Affiliation:
- College of Veterinary Medicine · United States
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A case was reported involving an 18-year-old horse that sadly died after eating poisonous mushrooms, specifically Amanita verna. Typically, horses are picky eaters and avoid these unpleasant mushrooms, but this horse had a rare benign brain tumor called meningioangiomatosis, which might have changed its usual eating habits. This alteration in behavior could have led the horse to consume the toxic mushrooms. Unfortunately, the outcome was fatal due to the mushroom poisoning.
Abstract
We describe a fatal case of mushroom intoxication in an 18-y-o horse presumably due to Amanita verna. Horses are normally regarded as too fastidious to eat the ill-flavored toadstools. In this case, the horse had a rare benign brain tumor, meningioangiomatosis, which may have altered the horse's normal eating behavior resulting in consumption of the mushrooms.
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