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The affected areas are itchy and sore.
• Loss of appetite.
VetBooks.ir • General debility.
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Staggering gait.
• Blindness.
• Coma.
TREATMENT
Horses with low-level poisoning usually make a full recovery if they are removed from the
affected pasture. Treatment involves:
• antibiotics
• good wound management
• keeping the horse in a darkened stable during daylight hours.
Laburnum (Laburnum anagyroides)
Laburnum is an ornamental tree with bright yellow flowers, commonly planted in gardens. It
is very poisonous as all parts of the plant contain the alkaloid cytisine, especially the seeds
and bark.
CLINICAL SIGNS
• Fever.
• Diarrhoea.
• Incoordination.
• Muscle spasms.
• Unsteady gait.
• Colic.
• Recumbency.
• Seizures.
• Death.
Treatment is symptomatic. Fatal poisoning is uncommon.
Privet (Ligustrum spp.)
