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Hepatic Toxicants Flashcards

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Where can our pets get into too much iron?

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vitamins, fertilizers, and slug/snail baits

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Clinical Signs of Iron Toxicity

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vomiting, diarrhea, stomach ulcers

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Iron Toxicity MOA

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not enough ferritin and transferrin, results in free iron which gets into liver, heart, brain, and more, increases free radicals

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First Organ System Affected by Iron Toxicity?

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gastrointestinal (GI)

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Iron Overdose Treatment

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emesis, then magnesium hydroxide (Maalox) to form iron hydroxides which is poorly absorbed so less gets to the liver; also Desferal to protect the liver to get rose wine urine

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Antidote to Iron Overdose?

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Desferal (deferoxamine)

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Acetaminophen Clinical Signs

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methemoglobinemia, tachycardia, tachypnea, weakness, lethargy, face/paw edema, hypothermia, vomiting, death

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Methemoglobinemia

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chocolate/muddy brown blood and mucous membranes

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Acetaminophen Toxicity Treatment

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emesis, activated charcoal and cathartic, N-acetylcysteine, fluids

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Can you give Cimetidine to cats?

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NO!! It inhibits cytochrome p450 which is a cat’s only way to convert

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Antidote for acetaminophen toxicity?

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N-acetylcysteine!

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NAC (N-acetylcysteine)

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precursor to glutathione, binds directly to NAPQI, decreases half-life of methemoglobin

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Are ferrets sensitive to acetaminophen?

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yep, just like cats! (obligate carnivores)

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NAPQI

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metabolite of acetaminophen that causes centrilobular liver necrosis

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15
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Xylitol affects what species?

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DOGS and only dogs

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Are all 5-carbon sugar alcohols a problem?

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no, only xylitol (others include sorbitol, mannitol, etc)

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Clinical Signs of Xylitol Poisoning

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high insulin, hypoglycemia, leads to liver failure
(also vomiting, depression, weakness, ataxia, seizures/coma, diarrhea, cramping, hypokalemia, hypernatremia)

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18
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Can you treat xylitol with activated charcoal?

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no, it doesn’t bind

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19
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Primary treatment for xylitol ingestion?

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dextrose

also small frequent meals and liver protectants, monitor blood glucose

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Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Plants

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essentially weedy, wild, yellow or blue flowers and seed pods

ragwort, groundsel, fiddleneck, rattlebox

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Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids MOA

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hepatic P450s make toxic pyrroles, react with macromolecules, alkylation of DNA, and then hepatocytes grow but can’t divide (hepatomegaly) and body tries to repair with fibrosis

22
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Species most sensitive to Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids?

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pigs (but uncommon)

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Species where we see most Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid toxicity?

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cattle and horses (these plants grow pretty wild in the west)

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Clinical Signs of ACUTE Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Toxicity

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hepatic failure, anorexia, depression, icterus, ascites

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Clinical Signs of CHRONIC Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Toxicity

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overall unthrifty, photosensitive, icteric

Horses: Walla Walla Walking Disease, Missouri Bottoms Disease (circling, head pressing)
Cattle/Pigs: chronic liver failure and hard liver disease

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3 pathognomonic Lesions for Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Toxicity

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  1. Hepatocytomegaly
  2. Fibrosis
  3. Bile Duct Proliferation
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Treatment for Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Toxicity

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not really… give fluids, laxative, high protein/low carb diet

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Clinical Signs Cycad and Sago Palm Toxicity

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[bloody] vomit, depression, anorexia, hyperbilirubinemia –> liver failure

29
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3 Toxins in the Palms

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  1. Cycasin (GI irritation and hepatic necrosis)
  2. BMAA (neurotoxic AA)
  3. Unidentified (Parkinson’s like)
30
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Toxin in Palms that affects dogs?

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cycasin

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Toxin in Palms that affects cattle?

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BMAA

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Amatoxins

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found in mushrooms; inhibits RNA polymerase interfering with transcription and translation, eventually breaking down cell membranes in the liver

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3 Phases of Clinical Signs in Amatoxin

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  1. GI Signs
  2. The Honeymoon
  3. Hepatic failure, abdominal pain, seizures, encephalopathy, coma, death
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Treatment for Amatoxins

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emesis, activated charcoal, aspirate the gallbladder, NPO, give OCTREOTIDE

35
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octreotide

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main treatment for amatoxin mushrooms (blocks carrier molecule OATP1B3 so amatoxins cannot leave the gallbladder)

36
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2 Syndromes of Blue Green Algae

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  1. Acute hepatotoxicosis
  2. Acute neurotoxicosis
37
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Blue Green Algae MOA

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microcystin causes hyperphosphorylation of cytoskeletal proteins leading to disorganization of actin and cellular collapse, eventually causing intrahepatic hemorrhage and death

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Clinical Signs of Blue Green Algae

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weakness, stupor, prolonged CRT, pale MM, bloody diarrhea, coma, tremors, seizures, hypovolemic shock –> hemorrhage and liver failure

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Blue Green Algae Prognosis?

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poor

40
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Aflatoxins

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aspergillus, in crops with high energy content (corn, peanuts, cottonseed, rice, sweet potaters)

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How are aflatoxins eliminated?

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bile, urine, feces, eggs, milk

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Acute Aflatoxin Signs

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massive liver necrosis and death

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Chronic Aflatoxin Toxicity Signs

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reduced weight gain, rough hair coats, anemia, jaundice, anorexia, depression, ascites, elevated hepatic enzymes

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Aflatoxin Lesions

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diffuse fatty liver, distorted liver, bile duct proliferation, granules and vacuoles in hepatocytes

45
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Screening for Aflatoxins

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test, also blacklights

46
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Can aflatoxins lead to carcinogenesis?

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yes

47
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Prevention of Aflatoxins

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prevent crop damage
dry corn (15% moisture or less)
clays (bind and make less toxic)
ammoniation of feedstuffs

48
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Kojic Acid

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metabolite of aspergillus that causes problems

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