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- Title
Poisoning of Farm Animals by the March Ragwort (Senecio aquaticus Huds.).
- Authors
EVANS, W. CHARLES; EVANS, E. T. REES
- Abstract
ELEVEN Senecio spp. have been reported to occur in the British Isles1, but only a few of these contaminate pasture land to any appreciable extent. The common ragwort (Senecio jacobœa Linn.) has been incriminated in Britain2,3,4 and elsewhere5,6 as the cause of a fatal poisoning when eaten by livestock, known generally as 'seneciosis'. This condition, in cattle and horses, may either take a rapid fatal course with the liver showing acute necrosis, or a more lingering chronic type with liver cirrhosis as the main lesion.
- Publication
Nature, 1949, Vol 164, Issue 4157, p30
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/164030b0