Toxic Plants Flashcards

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1
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Perilla mint

A

Pneumotoxin

High mortality

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2
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Ponderosa Pine

A

Last trimester abortions

Retained placentas

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3
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Lupine

A
Crooked calf
Arthrogryposis
cleft palate
malpositioning
Neuro in sheep
No tx
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4
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Nightshade

A
atropine containing - CNS + GI
dilated pupils
depression
paralysis
anorxia, v/d
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5
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Water hemlock

A

grand mal seizures, salivation, tachypnea, tachycardia, birth defects similar to lupine, and death

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6
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Hypericum

A

Photosensitization

contain hypericin

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7
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Amaranthus (Pigweed)

A

Nitrates
Hb - Mb - brown blood
Dyspnea, weakness, death

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8
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Mold Sweet potato

A

Fusarium solani
mycotoxin 4-Ipomeanol
pneumotoxin

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9
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Fiddle neck

A

Liver failure in horses

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10
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Brassica plant

A

D,L-tryptophan -3 Methyl indole
pneumotoxin
cyanosis

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11
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Chokecherry, Sudan grass, arrow grass, cherries

A

cyanide
CS: SUD, excitement, tremors, dyspnea, ACUTE DEATH, cherry red blood
Tx: Na nitrate, Na thiosulfate

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12
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Sorghum, Pigweed, Nightshade

A
nitrates
brown blood and muddy membranes
tremor, dyspnea, ataxia, HR up
methylene blue
the sore pigs were up at night doing meth
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13
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Lily of the Valley
Foxglove
Rhododendron
Oleander
Yew
A

Lily and the Fox Rhode to the Old Yew to find love - cardiotoxic
CS: Salivation, nausea, vomiting, acute death, weakness bradycardia, AV block
Tx: decontam, support
Atropine - bradycardia
Isoproterenol, procainamide, or quinidine for A/V block

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14
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St. John's Wort
Senecio
Brassica
Blue Green Algae
Amsinckia
A

St Johns Brass band were Sentenced to get SUNBURNED on the blue green sea then sink
Photosensitization
Erythema, pruritus, hyperesthesia, ulceration

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15
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Neurotoxic plants

A

Luppy the neuro lark flew at night over the poison brackish water

Lupine
poison hemlock
larkspur - cattle
nightshade
bracken fern
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16
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Larkspur

A

neurotoxic - cattle
bloat, neuro, resp paralysis
Tx; Physostigmine, decontam, support, relive bloat

17
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Bracken fern

A

cattle, horse, sheep, pigs
thiaminase - PEM
ptaquiloside - bone marrow supp (ruminants)
tx: thiamine

18
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black walnut

A

horse
laminitis, limb edema, fever
decontaminate, tx laminitis

19
Q

Gossypol

A

cottonseed does not equal love

cardiotoxic

20
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castor bean

A

ricin

GI, weakness, muscle spasm, seating, death, extensive organ edema and damage

21
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Dumbcane

A

fat mouth

drooling, lip edema, difficulty swallowing or breathing

22
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Locoweed (Astragalus)

A

Go crazy (loco) when preg and can’t walk
ataxia, hypermetria, emaciation
emphysema (sheep)
abortion, teratogens

23
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Yellow Star Thistle

A

nigropallidal encephalomalacia

Chewing disease

24
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Red Maple

A

RBC destruction

Horses

25
Q

Quercus

A

oakbud
GI and renal disease
renal in cow, not horses
70% mortality

26
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jimsonweed

A

parasympatholytic
convulsions, resp failure, incorrdination
tx: physostigmine, decontam, laxative

27
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ergotism

A

claviceps purpura
parasite fungus on grain
vascular constriction, thrombosis, gangrene, GI signs

28
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colic causing toxins

A

canthardin, oleander, rhododendron, nightshade

29
Q

sorghum

A

myelomalacia of spinal cord

incoordination, urine dribbling

30
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Sudan grass

A

nitrate poisoning

tx: methylene blue

31
Q

Fescue

A
Mare
prolonged gestation
decreased milk production
placental thickening
weak stillborn foals
cattle - lameness, hoof sloughing
32
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Aflatoxin

A

pig - poor grower, minor disease problems

hepatic necrosis and fibrosis

33
Q

cantharadin

A

colic

34
Q

fescue

A

abortion

35
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amaranthus

A

pigweed
hemoglobin to methemoglobin
brown blood
nitrates!