VTMED 6531

Poisonous Plants

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog.

Field trips demonstrate toxic plants growing in natural or cultivated settings.  Lectures address economically important poisonous plants native to the United States.  Information presented includes plant identification, natural habitat, toxic principles, clinical signs of toxicosis, and treatment and prevention of poisoning in animals.  Some of the major toxic principles found in plants and considered in detail in the course are nitrates, cyanide, oxalates, photodynamic agents, alkaloids, and mycotoxins.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: second- and third-year veterinary students.

When Offered Fall.

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