Unclassifid Plants Flashcards
What does ingestion of red maple leaves cause and what species are we concerned about?
Hemolytic anemia and Horses
What are the plants associated with renal failure in dogs, cats and livestock?
Dog: grape/raisin (acute RF)
Cats: lily (nephrotoxic and anemia)
Livestock: Pigweed
What are the three toxic principles associated with pigweed?
Unknown: nephrosis/tubule damage
Soluble oxalate: hypocalcemia and kidney damage
Nitrate: acute resp failure and chronic abortion
What part of the coffee senna plant is toxic and what does it cause?
The seed —> myocardial and skeletal muscle myopathy
What is the effect of ingestion of yellow thistle/knapweed?
ENE (chewing dz) —> dopamine decreases causing lack of ability to swallow
What is seen if a dog ingests Macadamian nuts and are you concerned?
Hind leg weakness- not too concerned since recovers in 2 days
What does black walnut toxicity cause?
Laminitis
What does avocado ingestion cause in livestock vs. birds?
Livestock: cardiac damage and mastitis
Birds: cardiac damage
What does the ingestion of aslike clover and red clover cause?
Hepatogenic photosensitization in horses
Which toxicant causes irreversible Ach inhibition leading to muscle stimulation —> nicotinic stimulation —> nicotinic block
Organophosphate
Which organophosphate has to go through lethal synthesis?
Thiophophate
What does ingestion of a thiophosphate organophosphate cause?
Polynuero and demyelination
What are three samples that can be taken to dx organophosphate poisoning?
Fat, GI and whole blood
T/F: If you have a atropine test conducted on a patient and they begin getting dry MM this means they were affected by a toxicant ingestion.
FALSE- if you were poisoned by this, you would see no CS
