. Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine. Veterinary medicine. 230 POISONING. (CROWFOOT FAMILY). * Aconitum napellus.—Aconite (monkshood; wolfsbane) is very com- monly cultivated in gai'dens, and is therefore capable of doing great damage to stock. Horses and cattle have frequently been poisoned by eating the leaves and flowering tops. * Aconitum columbianum.—The Western aconite, or monkshood, is native in the north-western portion of America, where it sometimes poisons sheep. Anemone quinquefolia.—The common wind flower, which grows throughout most of the United States, is e
. Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine. Veterinary medicine. 230 POISONING. (CROWFOOT FAMILY). * Aconitum napellus.—Aconite (monkshood; wolfsbane) is very com- monly cultivated in gai'dens, and is therefore capable of doing great damage to stock. Horses and cattle have frequently been poisoned by eating the leaves and flowering tops. * Aconitum columbianum.—The Western aconite, or monkshood, is native in the north-western portion of America, where it sometimes poisons sheep. Anemone quinquefolia.—The common wind flower, which grows throughout most of the United States, is extremely acrid and poisonous. Cattle seldom touch it. The plant loses most of its poison in Fig. 78.—Pokeweed {Phytolacca clecandra), one-half natural size. * Delphinium tricorne.—The dwarf larkspur, or stagger weed, of the north-eastern quarter of the United States has been especially reported from Oliio as fatal to cattle in April, when the fresh leaves appear. * Delphinium consolida.—The seeds of the commonly introduced field larkspur are well known to be poisonous; the leaves are known in Europe to be fatal to cattle. * Delphinium purple larkspur of the north-western quarter of the United States is very common throughout Montana. In one case of poisoning reported by Dr. E. V. Wilcox, of the Montana Experiment Station, over GOO sheep were affected, 250 of which were claimed to have been killed by the weed. An experiment made by. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Moussu, Gustave, 1864-; Dollar, Jno. A. W. (John A. W. ). Chicago : American Veterinary Pub. Co.
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