Quin, J.I.Clark, R.Du Toit, P.J.2017-04-072017-04-0720171947Quin, JI & Clark, R 1947, 'Studies on the action of potassium monofluoroacetate (CH₂FCOOK) [Dichapetalum cymosum (Hook) Engl.] toxin on animals’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 77-90.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59723The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 300dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.1. Considerable variation in susceptibility to potassium mono-fluoroacetate has been found to exist among various species of laboratory animals. 2. The compound is not affected by actively fermenting ruminal flora nor does its presence affect such fermentation. 3. Direct observation on the hearts of rabbits and sheep injected with this compound have proved it to be a heart poison probably affecting the cardiac conducting mechanism thus leading to partial or complete heartblock.en© 1947 ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © 2017 University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle