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Poisonous Plants

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t has a bitter taste and is rarely s when it is growing, when it is it becomes more palatable. If ort causes irreversible damage to ing in an extremely painful es.

Deadly Nightshade

Despite its name, poisoning from nightshade is es on poor grazing and not normally fatal to horses but can cause each plant produces thousands re dispersed widely by the wind. unconsciousness, dilation of the pupils and convulsions. d be controlled by good pasture Most deadly nightshade poisoning cases in the use of herbicides or manual horses occur when they are unintentionally fed t should be uprooted, removed, parts of the plant in the food supply. This can y an adult). Spray it when the be from contaminated hay or feed or it can be rosette stage and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait for from a lack of quality forage in your horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pear. pasture

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Poisonou Rhododendron This beautiful shrub has bunches of brightly coloured flowers that appear from late winter through early summer, making it a favourite in landscaping. It only takes a few leaves to cause serious problems for horses. Very small quantities of this are highly toxic to horses, causing death by failure of the respiratory system.

The Oak Tree Acorns, which come from the Oak Tree can be very toxic to horses and ponies especially when they are still green. Acorns contain tannic acid that can cause lesions in the intestinal lining with symptoms of weight loss and anorexia. Oak leaves also contain tannic acid and can be poisonous to a horse or pony.

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us Plants Foxglove Horses will not normally eat fresh foxglove but it is more palatable in hay and just 100g could prove fatal.

Symptoms of foxglove poisoning include, contracted pupils, convulsions, breathing difficulties and death after only a few hours.

Laburnum The Laburnum tree is a very popular garden tree because of the yellow peaflowers. The flowers hang in long drooping . The toxin in this plant is cytisin and is poisonous to horses, which affects the gastrointestinal tract and nervous system. The entire tree is toxic if ingested by humans, horses, ponies, goats, sheep and other grazing animals. Symptoms include gastrointestinal upset, colic, coma, drowsiness, frothing of the mouth, unequally dilated pupils, diarrhoea, convulsions and death.

S ILL. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE WHEN A POISONOUS PLANT HAS BEEN EATEN

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ingneill Equine Clinic located on the shores of Strangford Lough jut south of Comber was founded in 2019 providing first and second opinion equine veterinary services for horses, ponies and donkeys across Northern Ireland.

can range from moderate to none. Signs displayed can be summarised as real, but vague and inconsistent making diagnosis based on clinical signs alone impossible without the use of gastroscopy.

Presenting signs include poor appetite, poor body condition, dullness, poor performance, changes to eating habits and behavioural changes. Interestingly similar studies have shown that in those horses with ulceration that did not exhibit clinical signs an increase in performance was noted following Over the past 8 months the practice has made treatment and resolution of ulceration. Treatment of ulceration is largely based significant investments including inhouse blood machines, digital x-ray and a new state around drugs aimed at protecting the lining of the stomach and supressing acid of the art equine gastroscope. production. Alterations to feed and management protocols are essential in Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome Equine conjunction with medical intervention to gastroscopy is a diagnostic procedure achieve clinical resolution. performed under standing sedation using a three-meter endoscope. The procedure is well tolerated and involves passing an endoscope The new gastroscope at Ringneill Equine Clinic gives their vets the ability to perform up the horses nose, down the oesophagus gastroscopy both at the clinic and out on field and into the stomach allowing visualisation calls for client convenience. For more and assessment of the integrity of the lining information or to chat to one of the vets of the stomach. Subsequent assessment of the stomach lining is used to diagnose Equine contact the clinic on 02897228513 or visit their website https:// Gastric Ulcer Syndrome, more commonly www.ringneillequineclinic.co.uk/. know as gastric ulcers. Research has shown 37% of untrained thoroughbreds (80-100% in training), 48% of endurance horses, 17-58% of Due to Covid-19 restrictions are in place. sports horses and 37-59% of pleasure horses suffer from gastric ulceration. Clinical signs

Headed by vets Howard Whelan and Chris Akkari Ringneill provides extensive ambulatory veterinary service complimented by clinical facilities and diagnostic imaging at the clinic.

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