A recent series of deaths in previously healthy dogs in Victoria, Australia associated with the ingestion of raw meat contaminated by indospicine derived from native Australian plants of the Indigofera species draws attention to the potential that exists for herbal toxicity in domestic animals. Although the efficacy of herbal remedies generally remains unproven in domestic animals, herbal preparations are being increasingly used as supplements and treatments. Issues with incorrect ingredients, inadequate processing, faulty, incomplete or inaccurate product labelling, contamination with toxins, adulteration with undeclared pharmaceutical agents and herb-herb interactions are well recognized as causes of adverse effects in humans. However, apart from of the effects of noxious weed species, the literature on herbal toxicity in domestic animals is sparse. Thus, the forensic evaluation of cases of suspected poisoning in domestic animals should also encompass an accurate description the type and dose of any herbal preparations that may have been recently administered.

最近在澳大利亚维多利亚州发生了一系列先前健康的狗的死亡事件，这些事件与摄入被来自澳大利亚本土Indigofera植物的 Indospicine 污染的生肉有关物种提请注意家畜中存在的草本毒性的可能性。尽管草药的功效通常尚未在家畜身上得到证实，但越来越多的草药制剂被用作补充剂和治疗方法。成分不正确、加工不充分、产品标签有缺陷、不完整或不准确、毒素污染、掺入未申报的药剂以及草本植物相互作用等问题被公认为对人类造成不良影响的原因。然而，除了有害杂草种类的影响之外，关于家畜中草药毒性的文献很少。因此，