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Poisonous Plant - Oak
Latin Name: Quercus spp.
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Low Risk
Description: Shrubs or trees with alternate lobed leaves; fruit is an acorn.
Symptoms may include: Constipation, and blood stained faeces, refusal to drink, depression, flatulence, loss of appetite, weakness and staggering, irregular and slow heart beat, pale mucus membrane and watery eyes. He kidneys can be damaged in extreme cases.
Notes: Reports of horses eating acorns with little effect, but fatalities have occurred after ingestion of acorns and other parts of the tree. Reports of poisoning are common in the spring when buds and young leaves may be eaten and in autumn when acorns are more abundant. if eaten, leaves and the acorns can cause "addiction" in the horse. |
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