
%0 Journal Article
%A Gardiner, MR 
%T Chronic ovine hepatosis following feeding of <I>Macrozamia reidlei</I> nuts
%J Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
%D 1970/06/01
%V 21
%N 3
%P 519-526
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9700519
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AR9700519 
%X The chronic liver disease caused by the nuts of Macrozamia reidlei was studied experimentally in sheep given up to 4 kg over a period of 1-11 months. Similar degrees of liver damage were produced by this amount of powdered nut whether consumed in 3 or in 11 months. The liver pathology was similar in some respects to that caused by toxic lupins where a direct relationship to copper concentration in the liver has been established. The botanical and ecological aspects of M. reidlei in relation to other plants of the order Cycadales are considered. 
