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The Midwest Cattleman · October 5, 2023 · P38
There’s Potential for Poisoning
During Fall Grazing
By Jordan Penrose, Ohio State University Extension Educator
With fall fast approaching, had no balance like they were
it may be time to assess po- drunk and seemed weak on
tential problems that could the legs, especially the back
arise when livestock are ones. When lying down, they
grazing, such as trees and went on their side with their
grasses. A good practice of head on the ground pulled
walking or driving through back and legs straight out
your pastures will help you with some muscle twitch-
know what is growing in or ing. According to A Guide to
around them. Plant Poisoning of Animals
in North America (2001), the
Buckeye Poisoning principal toxins are the gly-
A potential problem that cosides aesculin and fraxin,
may be overlooked in the and possibly a narcotic alka-
fall is Buckeye Poisoning. loid. Animals develop signs
Buckeye poisoning occurs of poisoning 16 hours after Cyanide Poisoning and leaves from pastures to
from the nuts that fall from consuming toxic quantities. Another problem to watch prevent incidental intake or
the buckeye trees. According As little as 0.5% body weight out for this fall is cyanide keep animals off that pad-
to the Ohio Department of of the animal can produce poisoning, also known as dock until the leaves have
Natural Resources (ODNR), severe poisoning. Laxatives prussic acid poisoning. Cya- completely dried and become
Buckeye trees prefer moist, may be given to remove the nide poisoning can be caused a dark chocolate brown color.
well-drained soils. Back in ingested plant parts as fast by serval different plants. For grasses that can cause
2017, we dealt with buckeye as possible, and if the animal The main ones are black cyanide poisoning, johnson-
poisoning on the family farm is down for an extended peri- cherry trees, johnsongrass, grass is the most common
with cattle. The cows and od, keeping the cow hydrated and members of the sor- one that we see in Ohio be-
calves that were poisoned is important. ghum family, including Su- cause it is a weed and grows
dangrass, sorghum-sudan along the road, in ditches,
hybrids, forage sorghum, or and in fields. Most of the dif-
grain sorghum. Black cher- ferent sorghums we plant to
ry trees can cause cyanide graze, harvest them for feed
poisoning from wilted cher- for our livestock in the win-
ry leaves and branches. It’s tertime, or a combination of
best to remove downed limbs both. When it comes to the
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