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Plants can cause reactions ranging from laminitis (found in horses bedded on shavings from black walnut trees), anemia, kidney disease and kidney failure (from eating the wilted leaves of red maples), to cyanide poisoning (from the ingestion of plant matter from members of the genus Prunus) and other symptoms.
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.
First symptoms are usually muscular weakness, soreness and stiffness causing problems with walking and breathing. Within hours of first symptoms horse may be unable to stand and in 72 hours of the onset of signs mortalities may occur. [16] [13] [1] The mortality rate of atypical myopathy is high; only 30-40% of affected horses survive. [9]
Grass sickness, alternatively termed equine dysautonomia, is a rare but predominantly fatal illness in horses.Grass sickness may affect all types of horse, pony and donkey, and has affected some well known horses including the thoroughbred stallions Dubai Millennium, Moorestyle and Mister Baileys.
The slobber symptoms pass slowly when the contaminated hay is removed, however clinical signs may persist for 1–2 days following removal of the toxic forage. In severe cases, atropine may be of benefit that helps in reversing the parasympathomimetic effects of slaframine, however it is unlikely to completely resolve clinical signs.
Common names: Apple of Sodom, Bull Nettle, Carolina Horse-Nettle, Devil’s Potato, Devil’s Tomato, Horsenettle, Horse Nettle, Poisonous Potato, Thorn Apple, Wild Tomato
Here are some of the most dangerous plants found in Washington state and how you can identify them: ... according to the Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board. If skin symptoms occur, stay ...
Equine lymphangitis is an inflammation or swelling associated with impairment of the lymphatic system, particularly in a limb, in horses. It is most commonly a bacterial infection, although bacterial culture may be negative.