{"id":2953,"date":"2019-11-07T00:08:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T08:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-409\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T14:43:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T21:43:36","slug":"plants-toxic-to-livestock","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/plants-toxic-to-livestock\/","title":{"rendered":"plants toxic to livestock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Could you recommend some good references with information about plants that are toxic to livestock, particularly to horses?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of resources which list plants that are toxic to animals, and specifically to horses. As you check the lists, keep in mind that just because a plant is not on the toxic list, one cannot assume it is non-toxic.<\/p>\n<p>Here are links to some useful lists:<\/p>\n<p>ASPCA Lists of Plants:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspca.org\/pet-care\/animal-poison-control\/toxic-and-non-toxic-plants\/non-toxic-plants\">Nontoxic to Animals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspca.org\/pet-care\/animal-poison-control\/horse-plant-list\">Toxic to Horses<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/poisonousplants.ansci.cornell.edu\/index.html\">Cornell University<\/a> Department of Animal Science: Plants Poisonous to Livestock (search by affected animal species)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/animalag\/content\/selected-poisonous-plants-of-the-pacific-northwest\/\">Selected Poisonous Plants of the Pacific Northwest<\/a> toxic to livestock, from Washington State University<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phytochem.nal.usda.gov\/phytochem\/search\">Dr. Duke&#8217;s Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases<\/a>, from<br \/>\nAgricultural Research Service: try searching by plant name. Highly technical, but shows what the active chemical properties are in various plants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\" http:\/\/www.whmentors.org\/saf\/poison.html\">Reprint from Trailblazers magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ten most poisonous plants affecting horses, from the editors of <a href=\"http:\/\/equusmagazine.com\/horse-care\/common-poisonous-plants-chart\"><em>Equus<\/em><\/a> magazine<\/p>\n<p>The Miller Library also has the booklet entitled <em>Commonly Cultivated and Native Oregon Plants Toxic to Domesticated Animals<\/em> by La Rea Dennis et al., Pacific Western Research, 1990. It is organized by plant family, not by affected animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could you recommend some good references with information about plants that are toxic to livestock, particularly to horses? &nbsp; There are a number of resources which list plants that are toxic to animals, and specifically to horses. As you check the lists, keep in mind that just because a plant is not on the toxic list, one cannot assume it is non-toxic. Here are links to some useful lists: ASPCA Lists of Plants: Nontoxic to Animals Toxic to Horses Cornell&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/plants-toxic-to-livestock\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">plants toxic to livestock<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[798,407],"class_list":["post-2953","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-animals","keyword-poisonous-plants"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2953"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}