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The avocado fruit is poisonous to some birds, and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) lists it as toxic to horses. [114] Avocado leaves contain a toxic fatty acid derivative, persin, which in sufficient quantity can cause colic in horses and without veterinary treatment, death. [115]
The relatively low concentrations of persin in the ripe pulp of the avocado fruit is generally considered harmless to humans. Negative effects in humans are primarily in allergic individuals. When persin is consumed by domestic animals through the leaves or bark of the avocado tree, or skins and seeds of the avocado fruit, it is toxic and ...
Hungry or thirsty horses are more likely to eat poisonous plants, as are those pastured on overgrazed lands. [5] Animals with mineral deficiencies due to poor diets will sometimes seek out poisonous plants. [6] Poisonous plants are more of a danger to livestock after wildfires, as they often regrow more quickly. [7]
Grass is a natural source of nutrition for a horse. Equine nutrition is the feeding of horses, ponies, mules, donkeys, and other equines. Correct and balanced nutrition is a critical component of proper horse care. Horses are non-ruminant herbivores of a type known as a "hindgut fermenter." Horses have only one stomach, as do humans.
“Avocado hand injuries happen when people attempt to cut or pit avocados and accidentally cut themselves, often severely, on their hands or fingers,” Dr. John Whyte, internist and chief ...
Veterinarians in Palm Beach County's western communities warn horse owners of tainted feed contaminated with toxic weed.
Livestock Nutrition Center, which supplied the feed, said it was ‘truly sorry’ for the loss of the valued animals
Sphaceloma perseae is a plant-pathogenic fungus in the division Ascomycota. [1] It infects the avocado plant (Persea americana), a tree native to Central America and Mexico.. Currently there are three cultivars of avocados in large-scale agricultural production: Guatemalan, Mexican, and West Ind