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Pets & Working Animals => Horses, ponies, donkeys & mules => Topic started by: tizaala on September 01, 2011, 08:43:15 am

Title: POISONOUS TO HORSES
Post by: tizaala on September 01, 2011, 08:43:15 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plants_poisonous_to_equines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plants_poisonous_to_equines)

A lot of the plants on this list relate only to America but there are a lot of European poisons on as well.
Usefull list.

Title: Re: POISONOUS TO HORSES
Post by: white-blazes on September 01, 2011, 08:41:13 pm

Thanks for that.  I never knew another name for Ragwort was 'stinking willy' ;D

Title: Re: POISONOUS TO HORSES
Post by: robert waddell on September 02, 2011, 06:48:55 pm

it is also called curly doddie   on the list is perenial rygrass???? :farmer:

Title: Re: POISONOUS TO HORSES
Post by: Herdygirl on October 02, 2011, 08:04:27 am

i hate ragwort with a passion and pull it up out of my grazing fields as often as i can.  However, the real danger is when it is in a hay field.  When growing, it is vey bitter and horses will rarely touch it, but when it has been cut and dried, it loses it's bitterness and will be eaten along with the hay.  So if i buy any hay in. I always carefully sort through the hay before feeding, timeconsuming i know, but well worth the effort as ragort poisoning is a dreadful thing to see and there is no cure except to have the pony put to sleep.  Just a note: calves are particularly susceptable   :(

Title: Re: POISONOUS TO HORSES
Post by: robert waddell on October 03, 2011, 02:08:21 pm

if you have the missfortune to buy hay/haylage or round bale silage with ragwort in it      it come under the not fit for purpose legislation
cattle can recover from ragwort poisoning          but your first loss is the best loss :farmer:

Title: Re: POISONOUS TO HORSES
Post by: Herdygirl on October 04, 2011, 09:12:36 pm

I didn't know that !  thanks i will keep it in mind next time i find some