Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa.

Potential plant poisonings in dogs and cats in southern Africa.

Plant poisoning occurs less commonly in dogs and cats than in herbivorous livestock, but numerous cases have been documented worldwide, most of them caused by common and internationally widely cultivated ornamental garden and house plants. Few cases of poisoning of cats and dogs have been reported in southern Africa, but many of the plants that have caused poisoning in these species elsewhere a...

The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern Africa

THE MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.?By Professor J. M. Watt, m.tj., ch.B. (Edin.), and M. G. Bpeyer-Brandwijk, Phil, docta (Utrecht), Apotheker (Utrecht). Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 1932. Pp. xx plus 314. Illustrated. Price, Rs. 18-12. Obtainable from Butterworth and Co. (India), Ltd., Calcutta. The study of the indigenous drugs of ancient civilizations has attracted sci...

Poisonous plants.

South Africa is blessed with one of the richest floras in the world, which--not surprisingly--includes many poisonous plants. Theiler in the founding years believed that plants could be involved in the aetiologies of many of the then unexplained conditions of stock, such as gousiekte and geeldikkop. His subsequent investigations of plant poisonings largely laid the foundation for the future Sec...

Plants reported to be poisonous to animals in the United States.

Traditional application of medicinal plants in southern area of Ilam province for treatment diseases and clinical syndromes in small ruminants.

Background & Aim:  Investigation use of medical plants and industrial utilization of phytomedicines is necessary in veterinary medicine. Field investigation of use of medical plants in treatment of diseases of sheep and goat was the aim of present study. Martial & Methods: This study was done in southern area of Ilam province at 2008. At first, question sheet was designed for 36 diseases and c...