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PRIXCIPAL STOCK-POISONING PLANTS 



Fig. 83. 



(Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



A GOAT IN THE LATER STAGES 

 OF THE LOCO DISEASE. 



fattened for market, as the poison does not affect the quality of 

 the meat for food. Sheep which do not become fat are worth- 

 less except for their hides. Horses very rarely recover from the 



loco habit. 



Constipation may be re- 

 lieved by Epsom salts. The 

 dose for mature cattle is about 

 I pound, given as a drench; 

 for calves, 2 ounces; for 

 horses, 8 ounces; and for ma- 

 ture sheep, 4 ounces. Food 

 of a laxative character, such 

 as alfalfa and oil meal, should 

 be given. Nervousness in 

 horses may be relieved by 4 

 to 6 drams of Fowler's solu- 

 tion daily in the grain or 

 drinking water. Strychnine may be administered hypoder- 

 mically to cattle in very small doses — three- twentieths to four- 

 twentieths of a grain daily. The treatment for both horses and 

 cattle should be continued 

 for thirty days or more. Re- 

 covery cannot be rapid, be- 

 cause the condition is brought 

 on very gradually. 



Control and Prevention of 

 Losses. — As loco plants do 

 not reproduce from root- 

 stocks, they may be killed by 

 cutting off the root 2 or 3 

 inches below the ground. The 

 plants are very stubborn, and 

 the seeds long-lived, produc- 

 ing a continuous crop. These 

 seeds, however, are not carried 



long distances by the wind; hence there is little danger of new 

 plants starting on lands adjoining loco-infested areas. 



Fig. 84. — A MUCH EMACIATKD SHEEP 

 IN THE ADVANCED STAGES OF 

 LOCO POISONING. 



