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Common Poisonous Plants Affecting Livestock of Himachal Pradesh: A Review


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1 Department of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176062, India
2 Department of Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology, Dr. GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176062, India
 

Most of the cited literature on plant poisoning among animals in Himachal Pradesh is not available to the majority of interested researchers, grassland managers and animal rearers dealing with livestock management. Therefore, a review of common poisonous plant affecting livestock was conducted in Himachal Pradesh. Based on this, the study was mainly focussed on local weeds (Lantana and Ageratum spp.), Napier and Sudan grasses, oak, Subabul trees and bracken fern poisoning for information on their toxins, clinical signs of phytotoxicity, its treatment and control methods in affected livestock. Lantana camara and Ageratum plants when taken along with other grasses or are grazed accidentally cause death of animals due to presence of poisonous alkaloids, further causing massive losses to livestock owners.

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Hills, Livestock, Phytotoxicity, Treatment.
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Authors

Pardeep Sharma
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176062, India
Dinesh Kumar Sharma
Department of Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology, Dr. GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176062, India
D. R. Wadhwa
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176062, India

Abstract


Most of the cited literature on plant poisoning among animals in Himachal Pradesh is not available to the majority of interested researchers, grassland managers and animal rearers dealing with livestock management. Therefore, a review of common poisonous plant affecting livestock was conducted in Himachal Pradesh. Based on this, the study was mainly focussed on local weeds (Lantana and Ageratum spp.), Napier and Sudan grasses, oak, Subabul trees and bracken fern poisoning for information on their toxins, clinical signs of phytotoxicity, its treatment and control methods in affected livestock. Lantana camara and Ageratum plants when taken along with other grasses or are grazed accidentally cause death of animals due to presence of poisonous alkaloids, further causing massive losses to livestock owners.

Keywords


Hills, Livestock, Phytotoxicity, Treatment.

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