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Food products and household items commonly handled by humans can be toxic to dogs. The symptoms can range from simple irritation to digestion issues, behavioral changes, and even death. The categories of common items ingested by dogs include food products, human medication, household detergents, indoor and outdoor toxic plants, and rat poison. [1]
Apocynum, commonly known as dogbane [2] or Indian hemp, [2] is a small genus of the flowering plant family Apocynaceae. Its name comes from Ancient Greek ἀπόκυνον apókunon , from ἀπο- apo- "away" and κύων kúōn "dog", [ 3 ] referring to dogbane ( Cionura erecta ), [ 4 ] which was used to poison dogs. [ 5 ]
Apocynum cannabinum (dogbane, amy root, hemp dogbane, prairie dogbane, Indian hemp, rheumatism root, or wild cotton) [4] is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows throughout much of North America—in the southern half of Canada and throughout the United States. It is poisonous to humans, dogs, cats, and horses. All parts of the plant are ...
Note: If you think you’ve come in contact with a poisonous plant and need help, call NC Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222. Here are plants with which you should make yourself familiar:
The plant is poisonous, containing cardiostimulant compounds such as adonidin and aconitic acid. [42] Aesculus hippocastanum: horse-chestnut, buckeye, conker tree Sapindaceae: All parts of the raw plant are poisonous due to saponins and glycosides such as aesculin, causing nausea, muscle twitches, and sometimes paralysis. [43] Agave spp.
Dogbane, dog-bane, dog's bane, [citation needed] and other variations, some of them regional and some transient, are names for certain plants that are reputed to kill or repel dogs; "bane" originally meant "slayer", and was later applied to plants to indicate that they were poisonous to particular creatures. [citation needed]
Stanford Medicine/Youtube. Bryant Lin. Dr. Bryant Lin, a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer despite never smoking
Fantasy football managers are facing one of their first tough bye week tests of the season. Four teams will be off in Week 10 which means typical QB1s like Jordan Love and Geno Smith won't be ...