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1957 – In the United States, millions of chickens died after eating dioxin-contaminated feed, and 300,000 more were killed to prevent consumption. It was later discovered that the feed was made with contaminated tallow , eventually traced to the use of trimmings from pentachlorophenol -treated cow hides at rendering plants.
The toxicity associated with consumption of foods high in cucurbitacins is sometimes referred to as "toxic squash syndrome". [ 17 ] [ 18 ] In France in 2018, two women who ate soup made from bitter pumpkins became sick , involving nausea , vomiting , and diarrhea , and had hair loss weeks later. [ 19 ]
MCPA can be moderately toxic to mammal and aquatic organisms, and relatively less toxic to birds. [17] MCP ( 4-chloro-2-methylphenol) is the intermediate in the synthesis of phenoxy herbicides, and is also the metabolite of MCPA degradation.
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.
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Ergotism, which occurs when poultry feed is contaminated with toxic alkaloids produced by fungi of the genus Claviceps [11] Aspergillosis, a non-contagious disease caused when birds inhale Aspergillus spores that cause breathing to be hard for the bird [12] Ringworm
Testing revealed that chickens fed with a variety of vitamin B12 produced with the residue of a specific antibiotic grew 50% faster than chickens fed with B12 from a different source. [2] Further research confirmed that antibiotic use improved chicken health, resulting in increased egg production, lower mortality rates, and reduced illness.
Weed killers or herbicides are made with chemicals that can be harmful to people, wildlife, and the environment. ... The best way to prevent weeds is by maintaining the lawn so weeds don't have a ...