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VET 406 - Toxic Plants
Toxic Plants
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Veterinary Medicine
Professional
12/04/2015

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Term
Poison Hemlock
Definition

Alkaloid

Neurotoxic

(Like lupine, tobacco)

Term
Lupine
Definition

Alkaloid

Neurotoxic

(Like Tobacco, Poison Hemlock)

Term
Tobacco
Definition

Alkaloid

Neurotoxic

(Like lupine, poison hemlock)

Term
Toyon
Definition

Cyanide

Neurotoxic

(like sorghum, Choke Cherries, arrow grass, crab apple leaves, sugar gum, service berries)

Term
Sorghum
Definition

Cyanide

Neurotoxic

(Like toyon, choke cherries, arrow grass, crab apple leaves, sugar gum, and service berries)

Term
Choke Cherries
Definition

Cyanide

Neurotoxic

(Like toyon, sorghum, arrow grass, crab apple leaves, sugar gum, and service berries)

Term
Arrow Grass
Definition

Cyanide

Neurotoxic

(Like toyon, sorghum, choke cherries, crab apple leaves,  sugar gum, and service berries)

Term
Crab Apple Leaves
Definition

Cyanide

Neurotoxic

(Like toyon, sorgum, choke cherries, arrow grass, sugar gum, and service berries)

Term
Sugar Gum
Definition

Cyanide

Neurotoxic

(Like toyon, sorghum, choke cherries, arrow grass, crab apple leaves, and service berries)

Term
Service berries
Definition

Cyanide

Neurotoxic

(Like toyon, sorghum, choke cherries, arrow grass, crab apple leaves, and sugar gum)

Term
Yellow Star Thistle
Definition

Lactones (?)

Neurotoxic

Affect HORSES only

Chronic exposure

Term
Oleander
Definition

Cardiac Glycoside

Cardiotoxic

(Like summer pheasant's eye, dog bane, milkweed, Lily of the Valley, and Foxglove)

Term
Summer Pheasant's Eye
Definition

Cardiac Glycoside

Cardiotoxic

(Like oleaner, dog bane, milk weed, lily of the valley, and foxglove)

Term
Dog Bane
Definition

Cardiac Glycosides

Cardiotoxic

(Like oleander, summer pheasant's eye, milkweeds, lily of the valley, and foxglove)

Term
Milkweeds
Definition

Cardiac Glycosides

Cardiotoxic

(Like oleander, summer pheasant's eye, dog bane, lily of the valley, and foxglove)

Term
Lily of the Valley
Definition

Cardiac Glycoside

Cardiotoxic

(Like oleander, summer pheasant's eye, dog bane, milkweeds, and foxglove)

Term
Foxglove
Definition

Cardiac Glycoside

Cardiotoxic

(Like oleander, summer pheasant's eye, dogbane, milkweeds, and lily of the valley)

Term
Heath Family
Definition

Grayanotoxins

Cardiotoxic

Causes vomiting (goats)

(Includes rhododendron, azalea, laurels, and pieris)

Term
Rhododendron
Definition

Grayanotoxin

Cardiotoxic

Causes vomiting

Member of the heath family (azalea, laurels, pieris)

Term
Azalea
Definition

Grayanotoxin

Cardiotoxic

Causes vomiting

Member of the heath family (rhododendron, laurels, pieris)

Term
Laurel
Definition

Grayanotoxin

Cardiotoxic

Causes vomiting

Member of the heath family (rhododendron, azalea, pieris)

Term
Pieris
Definition

Grayanotoxin

Cardiotoxic

Causes vomiting

Member of the Heath family (rhododendron, azalea, laurel)

Term
Japanese Yew
Definition

Taxane Alkaloids

Cardiotoxic

Term
Avocado
Definition

Persin

Cardiotoxic

Term
Foxtail Barley
Definition

Trauma

Affects GI (and others)

Like bristlegrass

Term
Bristlegrass
Definition

Truama

Affects GI (and others)

Like foxtail barley

Term
Precatory Bean
Definition

Lectin (toxalbumin)

Toxic to GI

Like castor beans and black locust

Term
Castor Bean
Definition

Lectin (toxalbumen)

GI Toxic

Like precatory bean, black locust

Term
Black locust
Definition

Lectins (toxalbumens)

GI Toxic

Like castor beans, precatory beans

Term
Angel's Trumpet
Definition

Tropane Alkaloids (think atropine)

GI Toxic

Like jimsonweed

Term
Jimsonweed
Definition

Tropane alkaloids (think atropine)

GI toxic

Like angel's trumpet

Term
St. John's Wort
Definition

Photodynamic compounds

Affects the skin

Term
Common Groundsel
Definition

Pyrrolizidine-alkaloids

Liver toxic (2ndary photosensitization)

Like Tansy ragwort

Term
Tansy Ragwort
Definition

Pyrrolizine-Alkaloids

Liver toxic (2ndary photosensitization)

Like common groundsel

Term
Red Maple (Acer)
Definition

Toxin unknown

Hemolytic anemia

Term
Allium (onion) species
Definition

N-propyl Disulfides

Hemolytic Anemia

Term
Pigweed
Definition

Soluble Oxalates

Toxic to kidneys (precipitates)

(Like Lamb's quarter, halogeten, curly dock, greasewood)

Term
Lamb's quarter
Definition

Soluble Oxalates

Kidney Toxic (precipitates)

(Like pigweed, curly dock, greasewood, halogeten)

Term
Halogeten
Definition

Soluble Oxalates

Kidney toxic (precipitates)

(Like pigweed, lamb's quarter, curly dock, and greasewood)

Term
Curly Dock
Definition

Soluble Oxalates

Kidney toxic (precipitates)

(Like pigweed, halogeten, lamb's quarter, and greasewood)

Term
Greasewood
Definition

Soluble oxalates

Kidney toxic (precipitates)

(Like pigweed, lamb's quarter, halogeten, and curly dock)

Term
Oak
Definition

Tannins

Kidney toxic

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