Handbook Of Toxic Plants Of North America

Toxic plants are very much a part of our environment, and while they seldom cause widespread problems, the potential for danger always lingers. Professionals who first encounter an affected animal are presented with a suite of clinical or pathological signs that often must be related to specific toxic plant(s).

Handbook of Toxic Plants of North America has been written in response to the need to identify such plants. The affected organ or body system serves as the organizational unit in this book. Written and organized to serve the needs of veterinarians, livestock owners, and students, each chapter is devoted to one organ or system, giving a synopsis of the toxic plants that affect such. For each plant, coverage includes clinical signs, pathology, treatment, and problems and causes, followed by general information on the plant, keys to identification of that plant, illustrations, and location maps.
Concise, ready reference
Organized by body system
Easy, rapid access to necessary information on treatment and diagnostics
Color photos to speed identification and diagnosis

This user-friendly handbook on plants poisonous to animals has been written and organized to serve the needs of veterinarians, livestock owners, and students. Authors Burrows and Tyrl combine the insights of a veterinary toxicologist with that of a botanist and taxonomist to provide a quick reference for individuals who deal daily with livestock or companion animals in natural settings where plant poisoning may occur.

The authors have previously been acclaimed for providing easy accessibility to information in their comprehensive 2001 reference work Toxic Plants of North America that was quickly established as the gold-standard book for those requiring information on plants poisonous to animals and humans on the North American continent.

Now, to satisfy the needs of veterinary clinicians, ranchers, farmers, animal scientists, toxicologists, and other diagnosticians, Burrows and Tyrl have organized this handbook by body system affected, then subdivided by clinical manifestations. Each chapter begins with a table of the plants affecting a given system, e.g., plants affecting the liver and causing necrosis. The table lists those plants and comments briefly on the salient signs. It also includes plants that would produce the same effect but will be detailed in other chapters. For each plant, signs, pathology, treatment, and problems and causes are discussed followed by general information on the plant, keys to identification of that plant, illustrations, and location maps.