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bracken fern
thiaminase; horse staggers, bone marrow and depression in ruminants (fever, bleeding)
horsetail
thiaminase
horses - weight loss, atazia, staggers
scouring rush
thiaminase
horses - weight loss, ataxia, staggers
rhubarb
oxalates - possibly fatal,
-> hypocalcemia, toxic indigestion, lactation, tetany, foul breath, red/brown urine, diarrhea, colic
halogeton
oxalates - acute hypocalcemia, renal insufficiency & uremia -> hypocalcemia, toxic indigestion, lactation, tetany, foul breath, red/brown urine, diarrhea, colic
dock
oxalates -
-> hypocalcemia, toxic indigestion, lactation, tetany, foul breath, red/brown urine, diarrhea, colic
dumbcane
oxalates - burning sensation in mouth, salivation, edematous swelling of tongue
Jack-in-the-pulpit
calcium oxalate crystals - intense buring when enbedded in mm's
skunk cabbage
calcium oxalate crystals
milkweed
depression, weakness, stagger, down, repeated tetanic seizures
rosary pea (& precatory bean)
fatal; severe GItis; purging, ulceration
castorbean
GI irritation, vomit (pig), bloody diarrhea (cow), convulsions
black locust
depression, irregular pulse, nausea, diarrhea, inhalation pneumonia
poinsettia
irritant sap; fatal, vomiting
spurges
gastroenteritis, skin irritation
crown of thorns
gastroenteritis, skin irritation
sensitive fern
ataxia, cerebral edema, icterus, fatty liver
- yawn, liver damage, nervous signs
water hemlock
convulsions, death
ponderosa pine
premature, weak, stillborn calves (abortion)
pigweed
nitrates - anoxic, dark chocolate brown blood, tremors, cyanosis, dyspnea, down, stagger, urinate, lowland abortions
-> asphyxia, chocolate brown blood
lambsquaters
nitrates - anoxic, dark chocolate brown blood, tremors, cyanosis, dyspnea, down, stagger, urinate, lowland abortions
oats
nitrates - anoxic, dark chocolate brown blood, tremors, cyanosis, dyspnea, down, stagger, urinate, lowland abortions
-> also grass tetany and photosensitization
corn
nitrates - anoxic, dark chocolate brown blood, tremors, cyanosis, dyspnea, down, stagger, urinate, lowland abortions
-> silo-filler's dz, bronchiolitis obliterans
St Johnswort
primary photosensitization
buckwheat
primary photosensitization
lantana
secondary photosensitization
horsebrush
secondary photosensitization
red clover
slobbers, photosensitization
alsike clover
photosensitization (2?)
white clover
slobbers
alfalfa
foamy bloat, occasionally photosensitization
(outer 1/3 of leaflet serrate)
birdsfoot trefoil
photosensitizing
oaks
gastritis, nephritis, subQ edema, GI bleeding, constipation, depression
cocklebur
anorexia, depression, vomiting (pigs), dyspnea, convulsions, nephritis, hepatitis
white snakeroot
trembles, stiff or ataxic, ketosis, fatty liver & kidney, milk sickness - vomiting, thirst, trembling, delirium
poison ivy/sumac
dermatitis
horseradish
GI upset
brassica
gastroenteritis colic
gut stasis, enterotoxemia
hepatogenic photosensitization
goiterogenic
rape - pulmonary emphysema, blindness, aggression, hemoglobinuria, hemolytic anemia,
baneberry
severe gastroenteritis
doll's eye
gastroenteritis
christmas rose
GI distress
buttercups
gastroenteritis
ground ivy
salivation, sweating, dyspnea, death in horses
iris
gastroenteritis, purgation
daphne
corrosion of oral mucosa, vomiting, stupor, convulsions, bloody diarrhea, can be fatal
buckeyes/horsechestnut (aesculus)
CNS signs (excitement, twitching, ataxia)
irritant
white/yellow sweetclover
internal bleeding and anemia after 1 month of feeding
subQ hematomas, no gas or fever
moonseed
death, GI probs
mayapple/mandrake
violent cathartic, cytotoxic, gastroenteritis
onions, chives (allium)
hemolytic anemia, hemoglobinuria, icterus
elderberry
purgative, stems toxic
bouncing bet
gastroenteritis
pokeweed
diarrhea, nausea (pigs), cows 1/2 milk
tung tree
bloody diarrhea
foxglove
GI distress, cardiac irregularities, distended atria, mm twitching, sweating
(digitoxin - cardiac glycoside)
dogbane
cardiac glycosides
lily-of-the-valley
cardiac glycosides - digitalis like effect; cows vomit
oleander
cardiac glycosides; colic, vomiting, diarrhea, heart irregularities, tremors, paralysis
jimsonweed
atropine: red as a beet, hot as a pistol, dry as a bone, mad as a wet hen
belladonna
atropine
henbane
tropane alkaloids
yew
drop dead, depressant, heart stops
akee
severe hypoglycemia, vomiting
mistletoe
smooth muscle stimulation
ragwort
liver dz, icterus, photosensitization, CNS signs (head press, walk aimlessly), calves can prolapse rectum
fiddleneck
walking dz of horses - unthriftiness, aimless walking, sleepiness or delirium
secondary photosensitization
liver cirrhosis
rattlebox
hemorrhages
- secondary photosensitization
poppy/ opium poppy
excitement, ataxia, gastroenteritis
mexican poppy/prickly poppy
dilated capillaries, edema; possible glaucoma
dicentra
salivation, colic, tremble, down, convulsions
celandine
GI irritation
bloodroot
capillary dilation, edema
larkspur
hypersensitivity, muscle tremors, collapse, coma - secondary bloat or vomiting
lupines
crooked calf syndrome
sheep - CNS excitement or depression
vetch
posterior paralysis, degeneration of motor tracts in SC
star-of-bethlehem
sheep - depression, salivation, bloating, death
wisteria
gastroenteritis, vomiting, diarrhea, colic
poison hemlock
rapid excitement, ataxia, then depression; mousey odor
lobelia
vomiting, sweating, paralysis, feeble pulse, coma, death
nicotiana
shake, stagger, vomit, staring eyes
limb deformities in piglets
solanum
GI irritant, nervous signs, drowsy, tremble, weak, maybe mydriasis
veratrum
hypotensive, weakness, ataxia, nausea, cyclopia in lambs
death camus
salivation, nausea, ataxia, dyspnea
locoweed
excitable, irritable, abortions & congenital malformations
timber milk vetch
dyspnea, paralysis, roaring dz, cracker heals
- birth defects
yellow jessamine
depressions, resp failure, mydriasis
kalmia (laurel)
ruminants - salivation, colic, vomit, collapse and die
rhododendron (azalea)
depression, nausea, coarse leaves in rumen
ergot
chronic syndrome - lameness, dry gangrene of feet, tail, ears; constriction of peripheral arterioles
acute nervous form - hyperexcitability, convulsions
corn
zea - vulvovaginitis in swine
swelling, prolapse, traumatized - dysuria
bluegreen algae
nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, tremors, cyanosis, convulsions and death
death cup
extreme abdominal pain and vomiting; liver failure
fly mushroom
GI upset, hallucinations
prunus
bright red blood, dyspnea (HCN)
- rxcited, dead, tremors, tachypnea, salivation, urination, down, dilated pupils
apple
drunken cows; seeds cyanogenic
sorghum
horses - urinary incontinence, cystitis, ataxia, myelomalacia, fetal arthrogryposis
- cyanide - bright red blood, excited, death, tremors, dyspnea, dilapted pupils, down, urination, salivation, tachypnea
arrowgrass
cyanogenic
flax
cyanogenic
marijuana
cattle & horses - excitement, sweating, salivation, death
dogs - depression, ataxia, emesis, hypothermia
yellow star thistle
chewing dz - nigropallidal encephalomalacia
starvation
day-blooming jessamine
hypercalcemia, dystrophic calcification, foreleg lameness, plaques in aorta and endocardium; on knees (bull); straight legs (horse)
chinaberry
nausea, constipation or diarrhea, resp paralysis, excitement or depression
senna
myodegeneration with elevated SGOT, CPK
afebrile, recumbent, dark red urine, pale skeletal muscle (normal cardiac), dec milk
red maple
acute death w/methemoglobinemia, cyanosis, depression; later intravascular hemolysis, heinz bodies, hemoglobinuria
black walnut
limb edema & laminitis when shavings used as horse bedding
- possible gastroenteritis or convulsions if dogs chew on husks
english ivy
gastroenteritis
stinging nettle
itching, burning stinging rash in pple

dogs - muscle weakness, vomiting, bronchial constriction, slow irreg heart (hunters)
perilla mint
bovine pulmonary emphysema; proliferative pneumonia
hairy vetch
dermatitis, pruritis, conjunctivitis, diarrhea; histologic granulomatous foci in many organs
crown vetch
toxic to monogastrics