NEW BOOK AVAILABLE
APRIL 1, 1998:
Field Guide to
Plants Poisonous to Livestock -
Western U.S.
by Shirley A. Weathers
Foreword by Peter R. Cheeke, Professor of Comparative Animal Nutrition and Toxicology, Oregon State University
The first field guide to poisonous plants in the western U.S., designed by and for livestock owners to help protect against plant poisoning, will be released on April 1, 1998. Horses, cattle, sheep, llamas, goats, alpacas and swine are addressed.
Why This Book?
Every year, poisonous plants cause death, temporary and chronic pain and illness, abortions, decreased productivity and birth defects involving hundreds of thousands of livestock. Economic losses amount to hundreds of millions of dollars. Experts agree that many occasions of plant poisoning are preventable.
Good use of good information about toxic plants coupled with ensuring access to safe feed provide the best insurance against plant poisoning. Field Guide to Plants Poisonous to Livestock - Western U.S. compiles in over 240 pages key information from various resources to help livestock owners identify over 100 western toxic plants,
consider animal, pasture and range management strategies, spot symptoms of potential poisoning and respond effectively when poisoning occurs.
Learn Quickly What You Need to Know
Over 100 plants, shrubs and trees are organized by leaf shape/arrangement to facilitate identification throughout the growing season. Field Guide to Plants Poisonous to Livestock - Western U.S. can be tucked easily into pack or back pocket, carried in your truck or kept handy in the barn. The following are provided for each plant:
- A description (in lay language), e.g., average plant size and leaf and flower appearance, plus other details generally including fruit and seed appearance
- Full page line drawings
- Scientific, common and English family names
- Region and habitat
- Season(s) when consumption is dangerous
- Toxic part(s) of plant
- Special conditions affecting toxicity, e.g., frost or drought stress, drying (as in hay)
- Usual or possible physical/behavioral signs and effects of poisoning
- Treatments/supportive care that may be considered
- Animals known or suspected to be susceptible
- Where known, amounts of plant material that may be toxic or lethal
There Are Also Helpful Appendixes . . .
- Steps livestock owners can take to minimize the changes of poisoning
- Basic information about the poisonous principles at work in toxic plants and how they act on animals
- Cross-references to plants by major toxin(s) involved
- Toxic plants to watch for in hay, grain and processed feeds
- Cross-references to plants by flower color
- A list of over 100 ornamental plants that can sicken or kill livestock, pets and/or humans
Shirley Weathers, co-owner of Walsh & Weathers Research and Policy Studies, is a consultant and researcher with over 25 years of experience. Also a llama owner, she undertook this project after searching in vain for a single source offering the kind of basic information she needed to protect her own animals from potential plant poisoning. She has produced the field guide she was looking for, but couldn't find because it hadn't yet been written. She hopes Field Guide to Plants Poisonous to Livestock will meet the needs of others.
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