ML080280438

Fly Poison - Amianthium Muscaetoxicum

ML080280438
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	01/25/2008
From:	Univ of Pennsylvania
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
TAC MD3021, TAC MD3022
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Common Name L Namie Nam FLY POISON - Amianthium muscaetoxicum (80K) (125K)

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Images on this page contributed by: Ann F. Rhodes, PhD, Director of the Pennsylvania Flora Project Description. Fly poison has basal grass-like leaves and white flowers with dense racemes.

Geographic range: Found in moist soils and open woodlands in the eastern United States, fly poison emerges in the spring before most other forages.

Toxic principle. Several toxins have been identified in fly poison. These include cevanine-type veratrum ester alkaloids, amianthine, and jervine, which is a teratogen.

Toxicity. Leaves and bulbs are neurotoxic. In sheep and cattle, the toxic dose is 0.1-0.2% body weight and the lethal dose is 0.3% body weight of 1 I1q/1)(A)Q

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Diagnosis Clinical signs. After a few hours, excessive salivation and vomiting are seen. Later signs include colic, weakness, incoordination, and labored respiration. Clinical signs generally disappear within 1-2 days. In cases of ingestion of large amounts of the plant, animals may die due to respiratory failure within the first day.

Lesions. Small scattered hemorrhages may be seen.

Treatment. There is no effective treatment.

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