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Brookings Harbor Pilot
THURSDAY, NOV. 12, 1953
e th in g is tru e
3 but thls sam
sar poisonous
plants.
of
ma? ' of our
F eeding experiences w ith this
plant o ccu rred in L obster V alley
in R enton C ounty. C a ttle dicing
had dam aged livers and pieces of
♦he p lan t w ere found in the
paunch of one anim al. In one in
stan ce a young heifer new ly in
troduced to th e a re a w as show ing
By K E N N E T H W. P R IE S T
m ark ed sym ptom s and the lesions
C ounty E x tension A gent
found upon autopsy w ere such as
Doubt has been expressed by one would expect to find re su ltin g
som e ran ch ers in C u rry C ounty from a poisonous plant. One
as to w h e th e r or not T an sy R a g - 'a n im a l stag g ered out o f" th e barn
u o r t is a c tu a lly a poisonous p lan t, and began e a tin g m re of th e
1 have ju st lately received in- T ansy R agw ort alm ost im m edi-
o im atio n from Dr. S haw , head a te ly in d icatin g th a t an im als suf-
of th e D ep artm en t of V e te rin a ry fe tin g from this sort of p lan t
* ted
at O regon S ta te college poisoning o ften have a dep rav ed
" hich I would like to pass along ap p e tite. T he sym ptom s often
to you ran ch ers. It seem s th a t seen in th e c a ttle are a m ark ed
th ese p la n ts w ere in tro d u ced to loss of condition, colic, n erv o u s
this co u n try from E u ro p e and ness, sta g g e rs and jaundice. T he
m any of th e species h av e been yellw condition of th e tissu es is
proven poisonous by feeding ex very
a p p a re n t
in
w hitefaced
perim en ts. T h e species th a t we c a ttle .
have h ere in O regn w as e x p e ri
C ontrol is re la tiv e ly easy in
m en ted w ith by sta tio n w o rk ers
a re a s th a t a re farm ed or in a re a s
in N e b rask a who found th a t this
w h ere sp ra y equipm ent can be
p lan t w as the cause of a so-called read ily used.
disease in horses and c a ttle . Som e
Best co n tro l has been obtained
ot these species a re even poison
by
sp ra y in g w ith ground o r hand
ous to sheep. T h e B u rea u of P la n t
irc raft -’»
sp -* raying
has
in d u stry w o rk ers began feeding equipm
' • ent. A --------•*
>*.■’ «*‘s n««
e x p e rim en ts w ith species of th is nOt been s a tis ,a c tory. F o r good
p lan t in 1915 an d w orked on such COnt.r'° 1’ o v er 90 Pc r cent of th e
ex p e rim en ts fo r a period of 15 uee<J should be e rad icate d w ith
y e a rs leaving no doubt t h a t m any ° ” e ®Pp b c a tio n - T his high degree
of th e species of th is p la n t a re ° f k ‘ . IS im Possible
tim bered
d efinitely poisonous. T he poison n , as by a ,r application,
co n tain ed in T an sy R ag w rt is an
T he problem s of a tte m p tin g to
alk alo id and produces v ery seri- co n tro l Pansy ra g w o rt w ith sheep
ous d am ag e to th e liver. T he a re tb e ^a c ^ ° f fences and sheep
poison is an ac cu m u lativ e one losses from p re d a to ry anim als.
an d an im als have been know n to
W e hope to extend o u r program
show evidences of the d isease as of weed co n tro l and to hit it h ard
long as 12 days a f te r th ey have e a rly next spring. If you know
been rem oved from a chan ce to of an a rea of T an sy R agw ort in
e a t th e p lan t. S ym ptom s of poi vest a t ion we hope th a t you will
soning by th is p lan t a re not defi- notify th is office so th a t we can
nit enough to enable th e v e te rin plan o u r sp rin g program as efti
a ria n to be su re of his diagnosis. cien tly as possible.
Tansy Ragwort !s
Poisonous,. County
Agent Says
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