Toxico Flashcards

1
Q

Larkspur

Sudden death, toxin?

A

Diterpenoid alcaloid

Treat with physoistigmine or neostigmine

Create aversion with Lithium Chloride

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2
Q

Treatment for cyanide toxicity

A

Sodium thiosulfate

Sodium nitrate

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3
Q

Nitrate toxicity

A

Congenital hypothyroidism if iodine is not the cause
Tx. Methylene blue, cold water and vinegar
Nitrate levels are higher at night and early morning

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4
Q

Perennial rye grass staggers

A

Neotuphodium lolii (endophyte) produce toxin lolitrem B

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5
Q

Braken fern

A

Pteridium aquilinum
Ptaquiloside
Tx with thiamine

Equine (arched neck)
Sheep (blindness)
Ruminant (aplastic anemia)
Low platelet
Bladder cancer
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6
Q

Flatweed

A

Hypochoeris radicata
Bilateral stringhalt
Tx phenytoin

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7
Q

Buckeye

A

Dorso-medial strab in ruminants

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8
Q

Locoweed

A

Swaisonime (neuro signs)
Sudden death ( due to methemoglobin)
Pulm emphys in sheep
Selenium toxicosis

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9
Q

Locoweed predispose what cardiac condition

A

High mountain disease/brisket disease

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10
Q

Locoweed dx

A

Measure swansonine or Alfa mannosidase

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11
Q

Grass staggers

A

Paspalum spp

Toxin is ergot alkaloids

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12
Q

Sudan grass

A

Posterior ataxia in horses
Cystitis
Hydrocyanide

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13
Q

Atypical myopathy

A
Box elder seeds (Acer negundo)
Fatal rhabdom
Clostridium sordeli toxin
Hypoglycin A
Lipid accum in muscle
Test for ethylmalonic/methyl succinic acid in urine and serum acylcarnitines
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14
Q

Day blooming jasmines

A

Calcinosis

Vitamin D like compounds

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15
Q

White snakeroot

A

Tremetol

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16
Q

Cottonseed meal myositis

A

Gossypol

17
Q

Bracken fern

A

Enzootic hematuria
Bladder cancer
GI squamous cell carcinoma
Papilomavírus type 4

18
Q

Sheep ingesting veratrum

A

Cyclop lamb

19
Q

Toxic plant causing congenital hypothyroidism

A
Seaweed
White clover 
Canola seeds
Kale
Brassica