Conditioned food aversion to control poisoning by Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa in goats

Abstract

Ipomoea carnea is a toxic plant often ingested by livestock in Brazil. Three experiments were conducted to determine if conditioned food aversion was effective in reducing goats

Conditioning and aversion to toxic Solanum bonariense ("naranjillo") leaves in calves

“…Our results confirmed previous reports on the effect of LiCl as an inducer of aversion to palatable foods in ruminants (BURRITT & PROVENZA, 1990;RUIZ & VERDES, 2010). Conditioned aversion has been successfully used to condition cattle (RALPHS & OLSEN, 1992), sheep (BURRITT & PROVENZA, 1990), horses (PFISTER et al, 2002), and goats (GORNIAK et al, 2008;OLIVEIRA et al, 2014) to avoid the ingestion of toxic plants. The aversion persisted for at least 3 months in the treated calves, and it is possible that it may have not extinguished for a long period of time.…”

Plants causing poisoning outbreaks of livestock in South America: A review

“…Control of poisoning by plants that contain swainsonine in small ruminants by the technique of conditioned food aversion has been successfully used, using lithium chloride (LiCl) as an aversive. This technique allows the animals to be averted for at least two years ( Oliveira-Júnior et al, 2014 ).…”

La aversión condicionada con cloruro de litio en ovinos para evitar el consumo de hojas de olivo

“…La aversión por LiCl es muy usada en bovinos (Almeida et al, 2009;Burritt & Provenza, 1989;Pfister, Stegelmeier, Cheny, Ralphs, & Garden, 2002;Provenza, 1996;Riet-Correa & Medeiros, 2001), funcionando de manera similar en cabras, caballos y ovejas (Duncan & Young, 2002;Gorniak, Pfister, Lanzoina, & Raspantini, 2008;Oliveira Júnior et al, 2014;Pfister & Price, 1996;Pfister, Stegelmeier, Cheny, & Garden, 2007;Pfister et al, 2002;Ralphs & Cheney, 1993;Ralphs, Graham, & James, 1994;Ralphs & Olsen, 1990, para entrenar animales en el consumo de alimentos. Demostrando ser muy útil su aplicación para evitar el consumo de plantas tóxicas, así como para el caso de plantas productivas de alta palatabilidad (Dumont & Boissy, 1999;Manuelian, Albanell, Salam, & Caja, 2010;Manuelian et al, 2014;Ralphs et al, 1994).…”