Webinar: Poisonous plants to horses

Ragwort is an all too common site in fields across the UK, but what other plants may pose a risk to our horses?
We were joined by vet Karen Coumbe from Bell Equine and World Horse Welfare Field Officer Chris Saw who will be exploring common poisonous plants horse owners and yard managers should be aware of, their effects on horses and how to manage them.
Together they discuss some of the stranger cases they have encountered in their respective roles.
Resources
Royal Veterinary College - atypical myopathy - www.rvc.ac.uk/equine-vet/info...
Bell Equine - bellequine.co.uk/atypical-myo...
Scientific publication on acorn poisoning - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24917...
World Horse Welfare advice on poinsonous plants - www.worldhorsewelfare.org/adv...
Subjects covered include - Ragwort poisoning in horses, atypical myopathy in horses, how to tell if a horse has been poisoned, horse paddock management and much more.
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[@rynmcrae7769]

Lovely talk thank you.

[@54000biker]

Yesterday we lost another horse to Sycamore poisoning, that makes 5 in the last 6 months. We lost 4 in November last year and 1 yesterday. After the initial deaths were diagnosed, 4 within 10 days, the remaining horses were taken off the fields and kept in stables for about 6 weeks. Everyone went round the fields picking up seeds, and this spring we've been pulling shoots. Parts of the fields have been fenced off and some trees have/are being cut down.

[@katebrits3461]

Very interesting thank you

[@sudburyhouse]

Is mowing your fields and over-seeding helpful to choke out weeds. It stands to reason if you have a good foundation of grass, weeds will have no place to root

[@rynmcrae7769]

The local herbalist I apprentice with uses cleavers for old dogs with lumps.