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Poisonous Plants
UTCVM Toxicology course Fall 2013
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Veterinary Medicine
Graduate
09/26/2013

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Produces AIP
Definition
Perilla Mint
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Moldy Sweet Potato and Lush Pasture can cause similar disease
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Perilla Mint
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Treatment is to void stress and wait it out.. DO NOT throw cattle through a chute to treat
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Perilla Mint
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Looks like cyanide or nitrate poisoning
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Red Maple
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Toxic agent is UNK; produces methemoglobinemia
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Red Maple
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Contains ricin- a toxic albumin
Definition
Castor Bean
Term
Looks a lot like Pasturelle pneumonia
Definition
Perilla Mint
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Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) good treatment for this
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Red Maple
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Roots have saponin so may get a bloody diarrhea in hogs sometimes when rootin' around
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Pokeweed
Term
Pods look like peanuts- bloody diarrhea
Definition
Sesbania
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Pretty hard weed to get rid of from pasture- and can diminish better forages
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Buttercup
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commonly observed in spring
Definition
Buttercup
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Ranunculin toxic agent
Definition
Buttercup
Term
liver necrosis and phtosensitization
Definition
Buttercup
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Seen more commonly in pigs or hunting dogs
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cocklebur
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CAT is toxic agent- inhibits oxidative phosphorylation- causes toxic hepatitis and gastroenteritis
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cocklebur
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Has an insoluble oxalate that causes copious salivation in dogs and cats
Definition
dumbcane
Term
Usually just irritation to the mouth but be careful about misdiagnosing CDV
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dumbcane
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Primarily affects ruminants by binding sodium channels= weak heart
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Rhododendron
Term
Seen in winter when not much green- can treat with an antiarrhythmia
Definition
Rhododendron
Term
Increased gland stimulation (GI Salivary Lacrimal etc)
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Amanita muscarina
Term
Atropine is the antidote
Definition
Amanita muscarina
Term
Hepatic toxin causes vomiting and diarrhea from a mushroom
Definition
Amanita phalloides
Term
Vacuolation of neurons a pathopneumonic lesion-
Definition
locoweed
Term
more problem out west- automatically thought of out there when seizures and tremors are seen
Definition
locoweed
Term
Chewing disease of horses; nigropallidal encephalomalacia
Definition
Centaurea
Term
Essentially Atropine- can look like botulism
Definition
Jimsonweed/Nightshade
Term
Can treat with neostigmine
Definition
Jimsonweed/Nightshade
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Get crooked calf disease when eaten during day 40-70 of gestation in cattle
Definition
Lupine
Term
Major problem for sheep especially out west; acetycholine agonist
Definition
Lupine
Term
Inhibits nicotinic receptors- more problem out west
Definition
larkspur
Term
White irritating sap
Definition
Milkweed
Term
Many different species- can be neurotoxic or GI problems or even cardiotoxic depending on species
Definition
Milkweed
Term
See a lot of it in THE state of Ohio
Definition
Buckeye
Term
contains a narcotic alkaloid and a saponic glycoside- makes cows look drunk with high stepping etc
Definition
Buckeye
Term
On the differential with dallis grass and bermuda grass staggers as well as grass tetany-
Definition
Buckeye
Term
The nut is poisonous- treat with activated charcoal and IV glucose
Definition
Buckeye
Term
Looks like honeysuckle but in lightly forested areas
Definition
Yellow Jessamine
Term
Very violent seizures like strychnine (neurotoxin)
Definition
Yellow Jessamine
Term
Every case of this they have had is from Monroe County
Definition
White Snakeroot
Term
In horses is cardiotoxic with partial throat paralysis
Definition
White Snakeroot
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Hepatotoxic in goats
Definition
White Snakeroot
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Toxin is created by conversion of monocrotaline in liver--> hepatotoxin
Definition
Crotalaria
Term
Hepatotoxin from yellow flowered legume- cows and horses very susceptible
Definition
Crotalaria
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Another yellow-flowered plant with hepatotoxin... beware of yellow flowers!
Definition
Senecio
Term
yellow flower, hepatotoxin- mainly with sheep
Definition
Sneezeweed
Term
Spewing Sickness in sheep- usually not a problem around here
Definition
Sneezeweed
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Primary photosensitization agent on light or white areas
Definition
St. Johns Wort
Term
Not real common around here- but looks like any of the group we might see here- a legume similar to alfalfa in appearance
Definition
Hairy Vetch
Term
Toxic side unusual- speculation may be a hypersensitivity rxn- affects cattle more than horses- always black skinned animals ( angus etc)
Definition
Hairy Vetch
Term
Usually starts on neck and shoulder areas- crusty itchy lesions- and animals have lost a lot of weight due to granulomatous infiltration to all organs (not just skin)
Definition
Hairy Vetch
Term
Contaminant in soybeans
Definition
Sicklepod
Term
Can cause skeletal and cardiac muscle necrosis- on differential with monensin and copper
Definition
Sicklepod
Term
Teratogenic-Abortifacient Plants
Definition
Ponderosa Pine/ Tobacco
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