Post by davx on Oct 1, 2011 16:24:57 GMT
Hello,
I intend to collect serious information about assumed toxic species. Sometimes it is hard to verify information about so called toxic plants.
One issue in the german forums was for long time tedious, was the meaning that branches/wood of stonefruit species (cherries, prune etc.) are toxic, containing cyanogenic glycosides (in the stomac they react to toxic hydrogen cyanide). But this is not true. Neverthless it was for a long time hard to find sources to prove this.
Fortunately the german pet shop alliance asked an expert for a statement to this topic and published the answer here:
www.zza-online.de/artikel/030457.html
I qoute here the answer in german mentioned in the article above:
Auf Anfrage des ZZF teilte Frau Dr. Jacqueline Kupper von der Universität Zürich folgendes mit: „Die Cyanide sind nur in den Samen der Obstkerne enthalten. D.h. die Äste der Steinobstarten dürfen den Chinchillas, Meerschweinchen und Zwergkaninchen angeboten werden, sofern sie nicht gespritzt wurden. Die Kerne sollte man jedoch nicht anbieten, da diese Nager durchaus fähig sind, die Kerne zu knacken.
The expert answered that the branches of stonefruit species aren't toxic and are suitable for chinchillas, guinea pigs and dwarf rabbits, but the stones of the stonefruits itself are toxic and should not be offered. The expert is from the veterinary institute of the University Zurich, Switzerland. The institute is well known for its expertise in toxicology and veterinary pharmacology.
I intend to collect serious information about assumed toxic species. Sometimes it is hard to verify information about so called toxic plants.
One issue in the german forums was for long time tedious, was the meaning that branches/wood of stonefruit species (cherries, prune etc.) are toxic, containing cyanogenic glycosides (in the stomac they react to toxic hydrogen cyanide). But this is not true. Neverthless it was for a long time hard to find sources to prove this.
Fortunately the german pet shop alliance asked an expert for a statement to this topic and published the answer here:
www.zza-online.de/artikel/030457.html
I qoute here the answer in german mentioned in the article above:
Auf Anfrage des ZZF teilte Frau Dr. Jacqueline Kupper von der Universität Zürich folgendes mit: „Die Cyanide sind nur in den Samen der Obstkerne enthalten. D.h. die Äste der Steinobstarten dürfen den Chinchillas, Meerschweinchen und Zwergkaninchen angeboten werden, sofern sie nicht gespritzt wurden. Die Kerne sollte man jedoch nicht anbieten, da diese Nager durchaus fähig sind, die Kerne zu knacken.
The expert answered that the branches of stonefruit species aren't toxic and are suitable for chinchillas, guinea pigs and dwarf rabbits, but the stones of the stonefruits itself are toxic and should not be offered. The expert is from the veterinary institute of the University Zurich, Switzerland. The institute is well known for its expertise in toxicology and veterinary pharmacology.