Impact of poisonous plants on grazing animals

Poisonous plants rank high among the causes of animal production- and health problems. In pastures infested with poisonous plants, there are also economic problems arising from the need for fencing, decreased forage utilisation, altered grazing systems, and supplemental feeding programs. Understanding the bionomics of infestation and the appropriate ways of dealing with the poisonous plants and the grazing animals is, therefore, key to avoiding many such problems. Bionomics of poisoning The f