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Poison Hemlock*
Conium maculatum – located at waste areas, road sides, dry ditches
Livestock affected - Cattle, horses, sheep, goats
Symptoms – death may occur within 15 minutes, frothing at the mouth, uneasiness, pain, dilated pupils, clamping of jaws, grating of teeth, vomiting, weak, rapid pulse, diarrhea, bloating, convulsions, respiratory failure, death

Horsetail*
Equisetum arvense – located at poorly drained soils, low, sandy, acid soils, cultivated fields, roadsides, waste areas, woods
Livestock affected - Horses, cattle, sheep
Symptoms - symptoms are slow to develop, jaundice, loss of appetite, weakness, staggering gait, excitability, paralysis

Marsh Marigold*
Caltha palustris – located at wet areas
Livestock affected – cattle
Symptoms - acute inflammation of the gastro-intestinal tract, vomiting, colic, bloody urine, diarrhea, twitching of the eyelids, weak pulse, loud breathing, reduce milk production, tainted milk red in colour and bitter tasting

Tall Buttercup*
Ranunculus acris – located at pastures, meadows, roadsides
Livestock affected - cattle, horses, sheep, goats
Symptoms - inflammation and blisters where plant juice touched the animal, mouth blisters cause drooling and loss of appetite, other symptoms similar to those for marsh marigold

Nightshade*
Solanum sp.
#Eastern Black
##Black Hairy Climbing – located at open dry woods, cultivated fields, pastures, fence rows, waste areas, farm yards
Livestock affected - cattle, horses, sheep, goats
Symptoms - abdominal pain, stupidity, dilation of pupils, loss of appetite, diarrhea, loss of muscular coordination, unconscious, death

Poisons and Toxins

Imagine that you are working as a veterinary scientist and you have been called in to assess some grazing pasture for livestock. Using information from the following links or other resources that you find in your research, prepare a report on five different plants that pose a threat to grazing livestock in one Canadian province.

Identify five different plant species that are potentially poisonous or toxic to livestock such as cows or horses. For EACH of the five plants that you identify, please do the following:

Describe what the plant looks like, including descriptions of any flowers or seeds, so that the farmer or rancher could identify the plant.
Discuss the typical habitat for this plant. Where is this plant most likely to be found?
Describe the symptoms or signs that livestock might exhibit if they ingested or came into contact with this poisonous/toxic plant.
Assess how toxic the plant is. For example, how much of this plant would cattle have to ingest for the cattle to become ill?
Identify what treatment options might be available for livestock who have been affected. If the plant is highly toxic, it is ok to state that treatment is unlikely to succeed.