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Hungry or thirsty horses are more likely to eat poisonous plants, as are those pastured on overgrazed lands. [5] Animals with mineral deficiencies due to poor diets will sometimes seek out poisonous plants. [6] Poisonous plants are more of a danger to livestock after wildfires, as they often regrow more quickly. [7]
Ant chalk, also known as Chinese chalk or Miraculous Insecticide Chalk, is an insecticide in the form of normal looking chalk. It contains the pesticides deltamethrin and cypermethrin. [1] While the active ingredients are legal in the United States, [2] the chalk is not legal there. Labeling often falsely claims the chalk is "harmless to human ...
There are also plants listed which are potentially toxic but which horses normally avoid (eg Senecio, Rhododendron), and others which they can eat safely in small amounts or at certain times of year (eg Prunus, Ligustrum, Pteridium). Some are listed by genus, when only certain members of the genus are toxic and others are good forage (eg ...
Grass is a natural source of nutrition for a horse. Equine nutrition is the feeding of horses, ponies, mules, donkeys, and other equines. Correct and balanced nutrition is a critical component of proper horse care. Horses are non-ruminant herbivores of a type known as a "hindgut fermenter." Horses have only one stomach, as do humans.
The chalk works about as well as traditional insecticides, which is to say not very well at all. In infestations the chalk would kill a lot of roaches at first and then stop being effective just like the sprays. Plus the chalk tends to come from questionable sources and could be contaminated with other chemicals.
Locoweed (also crazyweed and loco) is a common name in North America for any plant that produces swainsonine, an alkaloid harmful to livestock.Worldwide, swainsonine is produced by a small number of species, most of them in three genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae: Oxytropis and Astragalus in North America, [1] and Swainsona in Australia.
Toxic to cardio and central nervous systems, gastrointestinal bleeding [3] Ephedra: ma huang: Ephedra sinica: Agitation and palpitations, [3] "hypertension, irregular heart rate, insomnia, nervousness, tremors and seizures, paranoid psychosis, heart attacks, strokes, and death", [1] [15] kidney stones [15] Flavonoids (contained in many ...
Timothy hay is rich in long fiber and its abrasive texture helps to grind down the teeth, keeping both the teeth and jaw in good order. Some caterpillars use it as a food plant, e.g. the Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola) and the marbled white (Melanargia galathea). It also grows in roadsides and abandoned fields but generally requires nutrient ...