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Buddhist Pine is Poisonous To Pets

Name: Buddist Pine (Aka. Japanese Yew, Chinese Yew, Yew, English Yew, Yew Pine, Yew Podocarpus, Japanese Podocarp, Southern Yew, Longleaf Podocarp, Disciples-of-Buddha Pine, Pine Yew, Kusa-maki plant, Lo-han-sung, and Inu-Maki)

Toxins: Taxine

Additional Information: Buddhist Pine is yet another name for a member of the extremely deadly Yew family or genus Podocarpus or taxus species. There has been some dispute over the correct naming of the plant and it can be found under a variety of  aliases such as Yew Podocarp, Yew Pine, Japanese Podocarp, Southern Yew, Longleaf Podocarp, Buddhist Pine, Disciples-of-Buddha Pine, Pine Yew, and Japanese Yew, Kusa-maki plant, Lo-han-sung, and Inu-Maki.

As with basically any member of the Yew Family “Finding the animal Dead” is usually the first sign of Yew ingestion this is due primarily to the toxin which is believed to be Taxine. Even a small dose is execeptionally toxic with dogs needing as little as 2 or 3 grams of material to cause a fatality, and a single mouthful having been reported as causing a horse or cow to drop dead with 10-15 minutes. So it is conceivable that with such lethality that just playing with a stick from the Taxus species could inadvertently cause a dog to ingest a lethal dose.

As with other Taxus species there is no antidote and a successful treatment has never been demonstrated in laboratories. Animals having ingested members of the Taxus species generally do not survive.

In a rare non fatal case of ingestion involving a dog, central nervous system disorders including tetanic seizures, mydraisis, increased aggressiveness accompanied by severe gastroenteritis lasting longer than a week was reported.

First Aid: Induce vomiting within 30 minutes of ingestion and administer activated charcoal slurry. Warning by inducing vomiting there is the risk of triggering cardiac or central nervous system complications. Seek Emergency Medical Veterinary Attention. The veterinarian may use cardiac drug therapy but success is unlikely.