[Coral-List] Toxic coral and a dog
Julian Sprung
julian at twolittlefishies.com
Mon Jan 30 14:27:54 EST 2006
Dear Annie,
That's Briareum asbestinum. Sad story!
Julian
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> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of Annie J. Yau
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 1:28 PM
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: [Coral-List] Toxic coral and a dog
>
> Hi Coral listers,
>
> Can anyone help determine the species of coral and whether it is toxic
> please? There is a link to the photo here:
> http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/~hcoleman/coral.htm
>
> Annie J. Yau
> Bren School of Environmental Science and Management University of
> California, Santa Barbara CA 93106-5131
> Office: Bren Hall 1306, (805) 893-5054
> Email: ayau at bren.ucsb.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caroline Donaldson [mailto:cwd at apcc.aspca.org]
>
> This is a picture of a coral a dog ate that developed progressive
> neurologic signs about 2 hours after the ingestion. the dog was
> ultimately euthanized because the he was not breathing on his own and
> the owners could not afford emergency care. I found some literature
> about corals that can have neurotoxins specifically lophotoxins, I was
> wondering if it is possible that this could be one of those corals.
>
> This particular coral was found on the beach in Jamaica and apparently
> is a leather consistency. Any ideas about what it might be would be
> helpful and if it is possible it could be a species that could be toxic
> as well as any information about coral toxins that you may have would
> be useful. Please feel free to forward the picture on if you know
> someone who might also be of assistance.
>
> > Thanks
>
>
> Caroline
>
> Caroline W. Donaldson, DVM
> ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center
> An Allied Agency of the University of Illinois
> http://www.apcc.aspca.org 1-888-4-ANI-HELP
>
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