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  2. List of plants poisonous to equines - Wikipedia

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    Toxins are often metabolized before the symptoms become obvious, making it hard or impossible to test for them. [4] Hungry or thirsty horses are more likely to eat poisonous plants, as are those pastured on overgrazed lands. [5] Animals with mineral deficiencies due to poor diets will sometimes seek out poisonous plants. [6]

  3. Pyrrolizidine alkaloidosis - Wikipedia

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    The severity of pyrrolizidine alkaloidosis depends on how much of the poisonous plant was consumed in a height, age, and weight to the amount of substance ingested ratio. The only difference in the symptoms will be how prominent they are depending on the above ratio. Symptoms include: [2] [5] [9] [12] Dull dragging ache in the right upper ...

  4. Solanum elaeagnifolium - Wikipedia

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    Ingestion of silverleaf nightshade has been implicated as a cause of ivermectin toxicosis in horses given the recommended dosage of the drug. Metabolites from the plant are speculated to disrupt the blood–brain barrier , allowing ivermectin to enter and disrupt neurotransmitter function in the brain and spinal cord.

  5. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    The leaves and acorns of oak species are poisonous in large amounts to humans and livestock, including cattle, horses, sheep and goats, but not pigs. Poisoning is caused by the toxin tannic acid , which causes gastroenteritis , heart trouble, contact dermatitis and kidney damage.

  6. Argemone mexicana - Wikipedia

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    Argemone mexicana – MHNT Flower bud of prickly poppy, which is a common weed of India. Picture is taken at Beliatore, West Bengal, India. Argemone mexicana, also known by the common names Mexican poppy, [1] Mexican prickly poppy, flowering thistle, [2] cardo, and cardosanto, is a species of poppy found in Mexico and now widely naturalized in many parts of the world.

  7. Papaveraceae - Wikipedia

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    Many of these plants are poisonous. The Mexican prickly poppy is poisonous if taken internally and may cause oedema and glaucoma. Even if an animal, such as a goat, should persist in grazing on this plant, not only will the animal suffer but so will those who drink its milk, because the poisons are passed along in the milk.

  8. Zygacine - Wikipedia

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    The effects of zygacine consumption are lethal. Symptoms in humans include nausea, vomiting, slowed heart rate, low blood pressure and ataxia. [2] Poisoned animals suffer from loss of appetite, lack of coordination, digestive and excretory disorders, labored breathing, racing heartbeat and frequently death. [2]

  9. Pyrrolizidine alkaloid - Wikipedia

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    Here esterases can hydrolyze the PAs to reduce the compound into its necine acids and bases, both forms are non-toxic for humans and do not damage the body. However, cytochrome P450 (CYP450) also metabolizes PAs, this enzyme can form pyrrolic esters (EPy), these are hepatotoxic due to their high reactivity.