Production Animal Clinical Toxicology

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Festuca arundinacea (Tall fescue)

• cattle, sheep
• can develop condition all seasons, sporadic and within week of exposure
• distal dry gangrene, increased respiratory rate, intolerance to heat, reduced production
• endophyte (Acremonium coenophialum) in USA shown to have ergot alkaloids

Neptunia spp.

• selenium accumulating plants that can induce selenosis and laminitis in horses
• seen in specific areas of Queensland