A review of the most economically important poisonous plants to the livestock industry on temperate grasslands of China

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengli Zhao ◽  
Xinlei Gao ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Xiaolei He ◽  
Bing Han
Keyword(s):  
Temperate Grasslands ◽  
Poisonous Plants ◽  
Livestock Industry

scholarly journals Diversity of Poisonous Plants and their Antidotes, Affecting Ruminant Livestock Production on Rangelands in Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-132
Author(s):  
C. Y. F. Domozoro ◽  
C. C. Wilcock ◽  
M. D. Swaine ◽  
A. H. Price
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
Poisonous Plants ◽  
Livestock Industry ◽  
Ecological Zones ◽  
Knowledge Resource ◽  
Plant Poisoning ◽  
Plant Families ◽  
Livestock System ◽  
Ruminant Livestock

The survival of the extensive livestock system, the practice for most farmers in the livestock industry in Ghana depends heavily on the natural pastures as forage resource. To efficiently use the rangelands, knowledge of the species composition, especially that of poisonous plants is essential. Documented knowledge in Ghana is scanty; documentation and dissemination of the knowledge resource would enable a wider access and wider benefit to stakeholders. A study was conducted in Ghana on poisonous plants with the aim to discover the existence and diversity of poisonous plants and associated antidotes affecting livestock for documentation and preservation of knowledge. 70 different items were cited; 22 were poisonous plants for which antidotes were not cited, 28 were poisonous plants with known antidotes and 32 antidotes. There were 575 citations of plants from 194 reported cases of suspected plant poisoning, categorized as poisonous plants for which no antidotes were cited (146), poisonous plants with cited antidotes (147) and antidotes (282). 50 plants species were identified and belonged to 29 plant families. Some plants were known only by local names. There was an extensive knowledge of the diversity of poisonous plants and antidotes within the ecological zones along with possible antidotes.

scholarly journals Impact of Poisonous Plants on the Livestock Industry

1992 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn F. James ◽  
Darwin B. Nielsen ◽  
Kip E. Panter
Keyword(s):  
Poisonous Plants ◽  
Livestock Industry

TOXIC PROPERTIES AND INTAKE SYMPTOMS OF SOME WILD PLANTS IN RELATION TO REPORTED FROM THE FOREST OF NORTH WEST SATPUDA REGION OF MAHARASTRA, INDIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
SANJAY A. KHAIRNAR
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Phase ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Chemical Components ◽  
World Population ◽  
Poisonous Plants ◽  
North West ◽  
Toxic Plants ◽  
Datura Metel ◽  
Croton Tiglium ◽  
Modern Era

In modern era about 80% of the world population depends on herbal alternative system of medicine. Seventy thousand plants are used in medicine and about 2000 plants are used in Indian Ayurveda. The activities of the curative plants are evaluated by their chemical components. Few of them are important as a medicine but also posses poisonous or toxic properties. The toxicity is produced in them due to the synthesis of toxic chemical compounds may be in primary or secondary phase of their life. Most of the users of such medicinal plants in crude form are tribal and peoples living in the forests and their domestic stock . Most of the time these peoples may not aware about the toxicity of such plants used by them and probably get affected sometimes even leads to death. In the study area during the field survey of poisonous plants, information are gathered from the traditional practicing persons, cow boy and from shepherds. About 20 plant species belonging to 17 families are reported as a medicinal as well as toxic. From the available literature, nature of toxic compound and symptoms of their intake on human being are recorded. In the study area the plants like, Abrus precatorious commonly known as a Gunj or Gunjpala, Jatropha curcas , (Biodiesel plant), Croton tiglium (Jamalgota), Citrullus colocynthis (Kadu Indrawan, Girardinia diversifolia (Agya), Mucuna purriens (Khajkuairi), Euphorbia tirucali (Sher), E. ligularia (Sabarkand), Datura metel ( Kala Dhotara), Datura inoxia (Pandhara Dhotara) and Asparagus racemo-sus (Shatavari) etc . are some of the toxic plants used as a medicine and harmful also.

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