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Discussion on Is caragana poisinous to horses?
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maggienm
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Posted on Wednesday, Jul 25, 2007 - 6:21 pm:
Does anyone know if caragana is poisonous to horses?
Will they eat a hedge of caragana that has grown close to the fence?
Thanks
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Member:
cpacer
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Posted on Thursday, Jul 26, 2007 - 9:59 am:
What is caragana? I don't recall ever seeing it on one of the toxic plant lists.
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DrO
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Posted on Friday, Jul 27, 2007 - 7:29 am:
Hello Lori,
One problem I ran into is there are apparently several species of Caragana. Checking the scientific and veterinary literature I cannot find evidence of toxicity nor safety. It is important to remember that a lack of information does not insure safety.
DrO
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cheryl
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Posted on Friday, Jul 27, 2007 - 7:42 am:
Where we lived in North Dakota, there were thousands of Caragana bushes planted as wind breaks. There were two rows of them is the horse pasture - each about 500 feet long. The horses paid no attention to them at all - other than using them as shade.
Cheryl
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tangoh
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Posted on Friday, Jul 27, 2007 - 9:26 am:
Our situation is similar to Cheryl's. Here in Saskatchewan caragana hedges (bushes) are commonly planted as shelter belts (wind breaks) between fields and in pastures. They grow quickly and are thick and dense, making good wind breaks and shelters. Our horses and cattle have never bothered them. I suspect if they were toxic (at least the variety we have here) ranchers and farmers would not be continuing to plant them here in such close proximity to livestock, or in such abundance.
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maggienm
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Posted on Friday, Jul 27, 2007 - 11:25 am:
Ok, thanks. It seems they are related to the pea family. Good to know the horse seem to leave them alone.
Thanks for the help.
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