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34 Cards in this Set
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ID this plant.
Give the scientific name. What is the major toxin + organ system affected? |
Curly Dock
Rumex spp. Nitrates (methemeglobinemia) |
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ID this plant.
Scientific name? Major toxin + organ system affected? |
Larkspur
Delphinium Polycyclic diterpenes (CNS) |
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Plant & scientific name?
Toxin and system affected? |
Rhodedendron (Rhodedendron spp.)
Grayanotoxin (CV, CNS, GI) |
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What is this sad plant? Scientific name?
Major toxin and organ system affected? |
Oak (Quercus spp.)
Tannins & Gallotoxin (Kidney & Liver) |
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Plant? Scientific name?
Major toxin? Organ system(s) affected? |
Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
Pyrrolizodine alkaloids (hepatotoxic) |
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Plant? Scientific name?
Toxin? Organ system affected? |
False dandelion (Hypochaeris radicata)
Unknown toxin (causes stringhalt) |
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Plant? Scientific name?
Toxin? Organ system affected? |
Azalea (Rhodedendron spp.)
Grayanotoxin (CV, CNS, GI) |
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Plant? Scientific Name?
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Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)
Coniine (CNS) |
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Plant? Scientific name?
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Vetch (Vicia spp.)
Causes lathyrism |
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Tall fescue (Fescuta arurundinacea)
Ergovaline (fescue-foot & horse repro issues) |
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Plant? Scientific name?
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Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
Pyrrolizodine alkaloids (hepatic necrosis) |
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Plant? Scientific name?
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Lupine (Lupinus spp.)
Quinolizodine/Anagyrine (CNS via nicotinic receptors, crooked calf syndrome) |
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Plant? Scientific name?
Toxin? Organ(s) affected? |
Horsetail (Equisetum spp.)
Thiaminase (CNS) |
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Plant? Scientific name?
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St. John's Wort (Hypericium perforatum)
Hypericin (photosensitization) |
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Plant? Scientific name?
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Sweet Pea (Lathyrus spp.)
Causes lathyrism/stringhalt |
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Plant? Scientific name?
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Cherry (Prunus spp.)
CN- (hypoxemia; inhibits Cyt C oxidase) |
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Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
Ptaquiloside & Thiaminase (bone marrow & bladder tumors in cattle; CNS in horses) |
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Yew (Taxus spp.)
Taxine/Taxols (CV issue; cardiac glycoside) |
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Black walnut (Juglans nigra)
Unknown (causes laminitis) |
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Pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus)
Nitrates (hypoxemia via methemeglobin production) |
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Plant? Scientific name?
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Lamb's Quarter (Chenopodium)
NItrates (hypoxemia due to methemeglobinemia) |
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Plant? Scientific name?
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Skunk cabbage (Veratrum californicum)
Cyclopamine (teratogenic; cyclopea @ 14d) |
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Plant? Scientific name?
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Death Camas (Zigadenus spp.)
Zygacine/Zygadenine (causes severe hypotension) |
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Plant? Scientific name?
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Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
Ergovaline & Lolitrem B (Fescue foot & tremorgen) |
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Plant? Scientific name?
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Yellow Star Thistle (Centaurea solstitalis)
Neurotoxic to horseses |
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Plant? Fancy name?
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Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Digoxin/Digitoxin/digitonin (Heart effects) |
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Oleander (Nerium oleander)
Oleandrin and neriine (cardiac effects; renal and GI in llamas) |
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Plant? Fancy name?
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Subterranean clover (Trifoleum subterraneum)
Phytoestrogen (dystocia & infertility) |
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Plant? Fancy name?
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Purple mint (Perilla frutescens)
Perilla ketone (kills type I pneumocytes, allowing for type II proliferation) |
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Philodendron (Philodendron spp.)
Oxalates (oral and renal issues) |
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Easter Lily (Lilium spp.)
Oxalate (nephrotoxic) |
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Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Isocupressic acid (abortions) |
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Plant?
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Cottonseed
Gossypol (cardiac and hepatic necrosis) |
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Fiddleneck (Amsinckia spp.)
Pyrrolizodine alkaloids (hepatotoxin) |
