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POISONOUS PLANTS
by Suzanne Nee

Many plants and shrubs are poisonous to our goats. It is the owners responsibility to protect our animals from them. If an animal consumes them, immediate veterinary care is important. Even with immediate care losses do occur. The level of toxicity is dependant on age and weight, body chemistry, amount ingested, time of the year, type of plant, and many other factors. It is in the best interest of the goat owner to consider all shrubs, trees, houseplants, and even some of our vegetable plants as poisonous to avoid the most likely causes of poisoning.

Symptoms: May be mild to severe including the following:

  • bloat
  • difficult breathing
  • muscle weakness
  • chronic wasting
  • dilated pupils
  • cries of pain
  • muscle spasms
  • diarrhea
  • photosensitization
  • colic
  • fever
  • rapid pulse
  • convulsions
  • lameness
  • vertigo
  • muscle tremors
  • coma
  • frothing at the mouth
  • salivation
  • constipation
  • hyperexcitability
  • staggering
  • vomiting
  • weak pulse

IN CASE OF POISONING:

Remove the plant
Isolate the animal and offer fresh water
Take samples from the suspected plant to aid in diagnosis
Call your veterinarian immediately
POISONOUS PLANTS

  • Acorns and oak buds
  • Dieffenbachia
  • Lupine
  • Andromeda
  • Elderberry-Foliage
  • Milkweed
  • Avacado
  • Elephant Ear
  • Mistletoe
  • Chokecherry
  • Iris
  • Red Elderberry
  • Christmas Rose
  • Ivy
  • Rhododendron
  • Death Capas
    (Death Onion)
  • Lily-Of-the-Valley
  • Tansy
  • Vetch-seed
  • Azalea
  • English Ivy
  • Morning Glory
  • Baneberry-Berries
  • Evergreens
  • Mountain Laurel
  • Beet leaves
  • Flax
  • Narcissus
  • Conifers (evergreens)
  • Jack-In-The-Pulpit
  • Rhubarb
  • Cowbane (oxypolis)
  • Jerusalem Cherry
  • Scotch Broom
  • Delphinius
  • Lobelia
  • Toadstools
  • Winter Helitrope
  • Yew

  • Belladonna
  • Foxglove
  • Nightshade
  • Bleeding Heart
  • Greater Calandine
  • Oleander
  • Bluebonnet-Seed
  • Hemlock
  • Peach-leaves
  • Bracken Fern
  • Henbane
  • Philodendron
  • Cowslips
  • Jimsom Weed
  • Skippia
  • Crocus
  • Janquil
  • Skunk Cabbage
  • Tobacco
  • Water Hemlock
  • Yellow Jasmine
  • Burning Bush
  • Holly
  • Pigweed
  • Buttercups
  • Horseradish
  • Plum-Leaves
  • Castor Bean
  • Horsetail
  • Poisettia
  • Cherry-wilted leaves
  • Hyacinth
  • Potato-vine
  • Daffodil
  • Larkspur
  • St. John's Wort
  • Daphne
  • Laurel
  • Sweet Pea
  • Tomato-Foliage
  • Wild Cherry


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