Poisonous plants and plant toxins

Poisonous plants and other plant toxins are a major cause of economic loss the the sheep and goat industry. Many cases of plant poisonings are never diagnosed or suspected. There are no known treatments for animals poisoned by most poisonous plants. Management is the key to preventing losses.

Canadian Poisonous Plants Information Center
OMAFRA Poisonous Plant Quiz
The Poison Plant Patch - Nova Scotia, Canada
USDA ARS Poisonous Plants Research Laboratory

Searchable databases

FDA Poisonous Plant Database
Guide to poisonous and toxic plants - U.S. Army
Indiana Toxic Plants
Plants poisonous to livestock - Cornell University
Poisonous Plants Home Page @ Univ. Penn Vet School
Poisonous plants of North Carolina

Listings / tables

[PDF] Annotated checklist of poisonous range plants of New Mexico
[PDF] Common plants poisonous to livestock in Maryland
Common weeds poisonous to grazing livestock - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] List of plants known to be poisonous to animals in the U.S.
Plants that are poisonous to alpacas
[PDF] Plant poisonings in livestock - UC Davis
[PDF] Guide to plants that are poisonous to horses and livestock
Poisonous plants and plant parts - Texas A&M
Poisonous plants for livestock in Kittitas County
Poisonous plants found in Minnesota
[PDF] Poisonous plants in pastures - Univ. New Hampshire
Poisonous plants of the Southern United States
Poisonous plants to goats - Florida Cracker Boer Goats
Toxic plants and the common caprine - Cornell Univ.

Fact sheets

[Word] Alpaca breeder's rough guide to poisonous plants
Australian Native Poisonous Plants
Edible and poisonous plants for goats - Fias Co Farm
Plants known to be poisonous to goats - GoatWorld
[PDF] Plant poisoning of livestock in Vermont
Poisoning of livestock by plants - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Plants poisonous to goats and other livestock - FVSU
Plants poisonous to livestock - Univ. Minnesota
Plants poisonous to livestock - Univ. Missouri | PDF
[PDF] Plants poisonous to livestock in Newfoundland and Labrador
[PDF] Poisonous plants - Alt Vet Med Centre
[PDF] Poisonous Plants - Auburn University
Poisonous Plants - Extension Goat Handbook
Poisonous plants for Louisiana livestock in fall
[PDF] Poisonous plants of Pennsylvania
[PDF] Poisonous plants on Arizona rangelands
Poisonous weeds of pastures and forages - Univ. Wisconsin
[PPT] Rangeland plants poisonous to livestock
Some plants of Kentucky poisonous to livestock

Management

[PDF] Behavioral Strategies for Coping with Poisonous Plants
Does drought contribute to livestock losses from poisonous plants?
Do most livestock losses result from "poor" range management?
Do you have poisonous weeds in your pastures and forages?
Losses from poisonous plants, poor feed and water quality
Minimizing livestock plant poisoning on Western Nebraksa rangelands
[PDF] Poisonous plants and the goat herd - Sweetlix®
[PDF] Reducing livestock losses to poisonous plants - Texas A&M

Fescue toxicosis

[PDF] Cattle vs. sheep in their reponses to fescue toxins
Diagnosis of the tall fescue endophyte - Purdue Univ.
Endophte fescue toxicity - GoatWorld
Fescue toxicosis and management - PMN International | PDF
Tall fescue toxicity in goats - Onion Creek Ranch
Tall fescue toxicosis - University Missouri | PDF
[PDF] Weight gain and intake of meat goat does fed . . .

Mold and mycotoxins

[PDF] Aflatoxicosis and Ruminants - Univ. Maryland
[PDF] Aflatoxins and animal health - Kansas State University
[PDF] Aflaltoxicosis and livestock - South Dakota State Univ.
[PDF] Disease risks posed by poorly fermented silages
Global Mycotoxin Information Resource (KnowMycotoxins.com)
Moldy feed for sheep and goats - Univ. Minnesota
Mycotoxicoses in domestic animals - Merck Vet Manual
[PDF] Mycotoxin concerns in sheep and meat goat feeding - Purdue Univ.
[PPT] Mycotoxins - Purdue University
[PDF] Stored grain: alfatoxins and aflatoxicosis
[PDF] Toxic contaminants in harvest forages- Utah State Univ.
Understanding and preventing aflatoxin poisoning - Noble Foundation
Understanding mycotoxins - Colorado State University
What do I do if mycotoxins are present? - Ohio State

Nitrate poisoning

[PDF] Forage nitrate poisoning - South Dakota St. Univ.
Nitrate risk in forage crops FAQs - Alberta, Canada
[PDF] Nitrate toxicity - Iowa State Univ.
Nitrate and nitrate poisoning of livestock - Victoria, Aust.
[PDF] Nitrate and nitrate poisoning of livestock - NSW, Aust.
[PDF] Nitrate and prussic acid toxicity in forage - Kansas State
Nitrate poisoning - Colorado State Univ. | PDF
Nitrate poisoning of livestock - North Dakota State Univ.
Nitate poisoning in cattle, sheep, and goats - Univ. Wisconsin

Photosensitization

Go to Skin Diseases page.

Prussic acid poisoning

[PDF] Prussic acid - Univ. Arkansas
Prussic acid poisoning - Colorado St. Univ. | PDF
[PDF] Prussic acid poisoning - Kansas State
[PDF] Prussic acid poisoning in livestock - New Mexico St. Univ.
[PDF] Prussic acid poisoning of livestock - Univ. Maryland

Ryegrass staggers

[PDF] Annual ryegrass toxicosis - Victoria, Aust.
Perennial ryegrass staggers - Merck Vet Manual
Perennial ryegrass staggers - Tasmania, Aust.
Perennial ryegrass staggers - UC Davis
[PDF] Perennial ryegrass toxicosis - MLA
Perennial ryegrass toxicosis - Victoria, Aust.

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