Final Material Flashcards
Non protein nitrogen
Ruminant thing
Ammonia toxicosis- Excess ammonia gets into blood stream
Causes alkaline rumen that causes more absorption of ammonia
Causes neurological signs
Acidify the rumen- give vinegar
Cool rumen temp- slow hydrolysis
Ammoniated feed toxicosis
Production of imidazoles that cause seizures
Mix ammonia with sugars
Pass in milk- safe if lactating but bad for males and anyone drinking it
Avermectins
Deworming
Never give to turtles
MDR-1 issues get higher levels in brains
Genetically test these animals
Lethargic, ataxic, comatose
Fluids, feeding, -supportive care
Induce vomiting and activated charcoal
Lipid therapy
Barbiturates
Euthanized carcasses
Don’t go away
In soil can be dug up and eaten etc
Acetylcholine receptors
2 types: muscarinic- slude signs
Nicotinic- jittery
Organophosphate sand carbamates
Cholinesterase inhibitors- can’t break down acetylcholine= continual stimulation
Older insecticides
Nicotinic signs, muscarinic signs, and seizures etc
Atropine- give therapeutic dose and if it does something it’s not this.
Causes ileus in horses
2-PAM
Blue green algae
Neurotoxin- die within minutes
Theoretically can treat with atropine
Tropane alkaloids
Cholinergic antagonist
(Atropine)
Jimson weed, belladonna
Ilieus inc HR, jittery,seizures, dry mouth
phygsostigamine
Muscarinic mushrooms
Muscarinic agonist
SLUDDE signs
Atropine
Slaframine
Muscarinic agonist
Drooling
Typically horses
Atropine only works before clinical signs
Take away food and fluids
Solanaceous plants
Muscarinic agonist
Plant material of like tomatoes, potatoes peppers
SLUDDE signs rare
GI issues
Tobacco which state do they do fine or not so much? Treatment? What not to do?
Cholinergic agonists
Hyperactive do fine, depressed not so much
Induce vomiting, charcoal, don’t give anything to increase stomach ph
Poison hemlock what does it cause at low doses? High doses? Treat,ent?
Cholinergic agonists
Stim at low dose
Paralysis of receptors at high doses
Same signs and treatment as nicotine
Ionophores
Increased feed efficiency of cattle
Never feed to horses
Horse- cardiac effects
Dogs- recumbency
Cats- peripheral neuropathy ataxic lethargic
Poultry- cardiac failure
Supportive care- no treatment
Most toxins do NOT cause intermittent seizures except what 2 toxins?
- Lead
- 1080
Strychnine
A pesticide- restricted use rodenticide
Competitive and reversible inhibition of 5e neurotransmitter glycine at the renshaw cell
Causes rigidity- muscles continually contract- having tonic clonic seizures- can’t open the lungs to breathe die of anoxia
Rapid absorption: 10-120 mins
IV fluids, control seizures, IV lipids, keep in quiet calm place
Lipid therapy positives
Can hasten recovery time
Can administer via peripheral catheters
Fairly cheap
2 year shelf life
Lipid therapy complications
Significant lipidemia
Pancreatitis
Volume overload potential
Can remove antidotes and other therapies
Lipid therapy used on what
Marijuana
Ivermectin
Moxidectin
Calcium channel blockers
Local anesthetic
Permethrin
Antidepressant meds
Baclofen
Water hemlock cicuta maculata
Violent seizures
Gross in waterways and ditches
Usually too late but if caught early GI decontamination: emesis, rumenotomy, charcoal
Seizure control with barbiturates
Mycotoxins
Produced by a fungus
Tremorgenic mycotixins- staggers syndrome
Reduce gaba and glycine concentrations
Clinical signs worsen with stimulation- fine mm tremors of head and neck
What are the grasses associated with tremorgenic mycotoxins
Bermuda grass
Dallas grass
Perennial ryegrass
Teemorgenic mycotoxins in small animals
Garbage toxicosis
Hyperactivity , tremors, seizures 30-2 hours
Emesis is asymptomatic
Tremor control with methocarbamol skeletal muscles relaxant
Sodium ion toxicosis/ water depravation
Increased sodium or dehydration causing hypernatremia
Acute and chronic
Acute hypernatremia
Brain gets dehydrated
Cerebral vascular damage
Chronic hypernatremia what’s produced? How do we treat? What do we see microscopically?
Na diffuses into brain protect from dehydration due to water loss
Vomiting,lethargy,weakness, ataxia, seizures
Brain protects by producing idiogenic amines (osmols)
Quick rehydration is bad, cerebral edema
Microscopically: eosinophilic cuffs around blood vessels
Treatment for sodium toxicosis
Emesis
Do NOT give AC
Benzos for seizures
Acute: bring down Na levels fast
Chronic: slowly drop Na takes 2-3 days
Amphetamines
Stimulate alpha and beta adrenergic receptors, dopamine receptor agonists
Readily penetrates blood brain barrier
Signs: agitation, dilated pupils, seizures, bradycardia
ACEPROMAZINE
Avoid benzos
Beta blockers for tachycardia
Serotonergic medications
SSRIs: Prozac Paxil lexapro celexa
SNRIs: cymbalta Effexor
MAOI: anapryl
TCA: amitripyline clomipramine
Serotonin syndrome
CNS effects, autonomic efffects, neuromuscular effects- if you have signs out of 2 of the 3
Signs associated with serotonin syndrome
Ataxia depression tremors vomiting diarrhea seizures clinical blindness
Decontamination of serotonin syndrome
Emesis if asymptomatic
Activated charcoal
For agitation: phenothiazines, cryoheptadine, acepromazine
Methylxanthines
Chocolate, tea coffees
Caffeine+ theobromine= methylxanthine dose
Vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, hyperactivity
Emesis and charcoal if over lethal dose treat symptoms
Zinc phosphide
Rodenticide
Vomiting, tremors, seizures, resp signs
Smells like gas or rotten garlic
Phosphine gas
Rapids onset 15 min- 4 hr
No water!!!!
Apomorphine or ropinirole Emesis
Human health concerns
Bromethalin
Neurotoxic rodenticide
Converted to desmethylbromethalin in liver
Lipophilic
Bromethalin mechanism of action
Uncouples oxidative phosphorylation and ATPis produced and Na/K ATPase pumps are t working and edema is developing in nerves in the brain- bad nerve conduction
Bromethalin toxicity
Spongy degeneration of CNS white matter
Guinea pigs can’t desmethylate
Dogs under 16 weeks of age blood brain barrier isn’t in take
Below LD
Slow onset 48 hours after ingestion
Ataxia paresis loss of deep pain depressed CNS
Above LD Bromethalin
Rapid onset
Tremors , fevers, excitability, seizures, death
Mortality 100%
Bromethalin treatment
Supportive care
Pyrethrins and pyrethroids mechanism
Bind to nerve cells near sodium channels and slows the channels opening and closing
Low concentration pyrethrins
Flea shampoos, sprays and floggers etc.
sprays often contain alcohol
Dermal irritation, paw flicking, ear twitching, salvation with oral ingestion
Concentrated pyrethrins and dogs
Hypersensitive disorders- erythema, alopecia
Behavior changes- hyperactivity, hyperesthesia
Bathing resolves it
Concentrated pyrethroids and cats
Tremors depression dorooling
Onset 1-24 hours
Usually misapplication of dog treatment in cats
Bathe, thermoregulation
Methocabamol diazepam for seizures
Treated for 1-3 days
Lead absorption
Oral tissue or inhalation
Lead kinetics
Absorbed lead bound to RBC
Bone- long term storage depot
Macadamia nuts
Dogs only
Weakness, depression, vomiting, hyperthermia
Hops
Dog only
Hyperthermia-108-110
Cool off- cool IV fluids etc
Dantrolene
Hybrid Sudan grass
Cystits- ataxia syndrome horses
Cyanide
Ataxic and dog sit, dribble of urine ruin scald
GI GUninfections
Antibiotics
Widow spiders
Muscle cramping by bite first then spread
Painful
Opioids, muscle relaxants
Coral snakes
Red on yellow
Paralysis starts in hind end
Stops diaphragm and die of anoxia
Fluids intubate, supportive care
Larkspur
Cattle
Recumbent GI issues
Turn animals up hill
Photsensitization
Cattle
No liver involvement
Red, open wounds, blisters
Primary sensitization
Ingest the compound that causes the problem
Secondary photosenistazagion
Liver doesn’t break down chlorophyll correctly
Must check liver values