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Poisonous Plant Slides - Fly Poison
ML070670329
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Site: Susquehanna  Talen Energy icon.png
Issue date: 12/31/2002
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Univ of Pennsylvania
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
ALICIA MULLINS 301-415-1224
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"POISONOUS PLANTS SLIDES - FLY POISON" Select a Plant by:

Common Name Latin Name 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 green plant.

http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/poison/plants/ppfly.htm (1 of 2)3/7/2007 11:44:45 AM

"POISONOUS PLANTS SLIDES - FLY POISON" 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.

Copyright © 2002 University of Pennsylvania Created by: Alexander Chan (2003), Daphne Downs (2002), Chris Tsai (2001), Brett Begley (2000), Janet Triplett (1997)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robert Poppenga http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/poison/plants/ppfly.htm (2 of 2)3/7/2007 11:44:45 AM