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Plants Resources


The USDA Plants Database that provides photos, ranges, and other information on individual plants:  United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The PLANTS Database, National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. Available online at: http://plants.usda.gov  Accessed May 2008.

The USDA Poisonous Plants Database with additional information on individual toxic plants:  United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Poisonous Plant Research Laboratory. Plants Poisonous to Livestock in the Western States USDA Bulletin #415. Available online at:  http://www.pprl.ars.usda.gov/  Accessed March 2008.


Additional Equine Resources


Oregon State University, Forage Information System     http://forages.oregonstate.edu/main.cfm?PageID=93&animal=Horse

Oregon State University Extension Service, Small Farms    http://smallfarms.oregonstate.edu/horses

Oklahoma State University Animal Science, Equine Resources http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/library/equine.htm

eXtension: A New Information Resource for Consumers              http://www.extension.org/horses

Healthy Horses, Healthy Land Self-Assessment and Guide for Horse Owners and Boarders
Holli A. Kuykendall, Ecologist, Soil Quality Team, USDA NRCS
Gary L. Heusner, Extension Equine Management Specialist  http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/B1152-23/B1152-23.htm


Published Resources


Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. 2005. Plants poisonous to livestock in the western states. Agricultural Bulletin 415:1.

 

Allen, V.G. and E. Segarra. 2001. Anti-quality components in forage: Overview, significance, and economic impact. In: Anti-Quality Factors in Rangeland and Pastureland Forages. K. Launchbaugh, Ed.  Station Bulletin 73 of the Idaho Forest, Wildlife, and Range Experiment Station, University of Idaho. 1-4.

 

Allison, M.J. and H.M. Cook. 1981. Oxalate degradation by microbes of the large bowel of herbivores: The effect of dietary oxalate on ruminant adaptation. Sci. 212:675–676.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture. 1998. National Animal Health Monitoring System Equine ’98 Study. Info Sheet: Veterinary Services.

 

Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. ADDL. Purdue University.

http://www.addl.purdue.edu/newsletters/news.htm

Accessed Jan. 2008

 

Aravis, P. 2003. Pasture management for horses on small acreage. Colorado State University Cooperative Extension. Bulletin No. 1,627. 1-2.

 

Bamka, W.J. and B.M. Barbour. 2003. Poisonous weeds in horse pastures. Rutgers Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet No. 938. New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University of New Jersey.

 

Baxter, G.M. 1992. The steps in assessing a colicky horse. Veterinary Medicine. 87:1012-1018.

 

Boyd, J.N. and T.C. Campbell. 1983. Impact of nutrition on detoxification. In: Biological basis for detoxication. J. Caldwell and W.B. Jakoby, Eds. Academic Press, New York, N.Y. 287–306

 

Brendemuehl, J. 2005. Spring grasses and fescue cause problems for horses. University of Illinois Extension Publication. Urbana, IL. Found on the web at: http://www.livestocktrail.uiuc.edu/pasturenet/paperDisplay.cfm?ContentID=7402

Accessed April 2008

 

Cheeke, P.R. 1998. Natural toxicants in feeds, forages, and poisonous plants: cyanides and cyanogenic glycosides. In: Herbivores: Their interaction with secondary plant metabolites. G.A. Rosenthal and D.H. Janzen (eds.) Academic Press, New York, N.Y.    387–412

 

Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Service (CSU Extension). June 2006. Annual Report 1998.  Available online at: http://www.ext.colostate.edu/coop/98anrep08.html

Accessed October 2007.

 

Davis, J.G., T.J. Steffens, T.E. Engle, K.L. Mallow, and S.E. Cotton. 2006. Diagnosing selenium toxicity. Colorado State University Extension Bulletin No. 6,109. 1-4.

 

DeLoach, C.J. 1991.  Past successes and current prospects in biological control of weeds in the United States and Canada. Natural Areas J. 11:129-142.

 

DiTomaso, J.M. 2000. Invasive weeds in rangelands: species, impacts, and management. Weed Science. 48:2:255-265.

 

Freeland, W.J. and D.H. Janzen. 1974. Strategies in herbivory by mammals: The

role of plant secondary compounds. American Naturalist. 108:269-289.

 

Freeman, D.W. and C. MacAllister. 2006. Understanding colic in horses. Oklahoma State University Fact Sheet No. F-3921. Available online at: http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Rendition-2208/unknown

Accessed January 2008.

 

Freeman, D.W. and D.D. Redfearn. 2003. Managing grazing of horses. Oklahoma State University Fact Sheet No. F-3981. Available online at: http://osuextra.okstate.edu/pdfs/F-3981web.pdf

Accessed January 2008.

 

Hintz, H.F. and D.L. Brown. 2001. Plant toxins. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 21:12:607.

 

James, L.F., D.R. Gardner, S.T. Lee, K.E. Panter, J.A. Pfister, M.H. Ralphs, B.L. Stegelmeier. 2005. Important poisonous plants on rangelands. Rangelands. 27:5:3-7.

 

Johnson, K.D. and M.A. Russell. 2000.  Maximizing the Value of Pasture for Horses.  Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin ID-167. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

 

Keen, K. and L. Coates-Markle. 2005. Preventing and treating colic in your horse. Oregon State University Extension Bulletin EC-1474.

 

Kiley-Worthington, M. 1997 The Behaviour of Horses, J. A. Allen, London. 101-103, 154-157.

 

King County Department of Natural Resources Noxious Weed Control Program. 2006. King County encourages landowners to get a jump on noxious weeds. Available online at: http://www.dnr.metrokc.gov/weeds. Accessed December 2007.

 

Knight. A.P. 2001. Plant Poisoning of Horses. In: Guide to Plant Poisoning in Animals in North America. Knight, A.P. and R.G. Walter. Teton New Media, Jackson WY. Chapter 20:447-501

 

Launchbaugh, K.L. 1996. Biochemical aspects of grazing behavior. In: The ecology and management of grazing systems. J. Hodgson and A.W. Illius (eds.) CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, U.K. 159–184

 

Launchbaugh, K.L., F.D. Provenza, and J.A. Pfister. 2001. Herbivore response to anti-quality factors in forages. Journal of Range Management. 43:431-440.

 

Lawrence, L.A. 1996. Broodmares grazing tall fescue pastures. Virginia Cooperative Extension Publication. Blacksburg, VA. 406-475

 

Marinier, S.L. and A.J. Alexander. Use of field observations to measure individual grazing ability in horses. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 33:1:1-10.

 

Marinier, S.L. and A.J. Alexander. 1991. Selective grazing behavior in horses: Development of methodology and preliminary use of tests to measure individual grazing abilities. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 30:203–-221.

 

Mayland, H.F. and J.L. Hankins. 2001. Mineral imbalances and animal health: a management puzzle. In:  Anti-Quality Factors in Rangeland and Pastureland Forages. K. Launchbaugh, Ed.  Idaho Forest, Wildlife, and Range Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho. 54-61.

 

Pfister, J.A. 1999. Behavioral strategies for coping with poisonous plants. In: Grazing behavior of livestock and wildlife. K.L. Launchbaugh, K.D. Sanders, and J.C. Mosley, Eds. Idaho Forest, Wildlife, and Range Exp. Sta. Bull. No. 70. Moscow, Idaho. 45-59.

 

Pfister, J.A., B.L. Stegelmeier, C.D. Cheney, M.H. Ralphs, and D.R. Gardner. 2002. Conditioning taste aversions to locoweed (Oxytropis sericea) in horses. Journal of Animal Science. 80:79-83.

 

Pfister, J. and S. Lopez. 2001. Toxicity and management of alkaloid-containing range plants. In:  Anti-Quality Factors in Rangeland and Pastureland Forages. K. Launchbaugh, Ed.  Idaho Forest, Wildlife, and Range Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho. 34-41.

 

Provenza, F.D. 1995. Postingestive feedback as an elementary determinant of food preference and intake in ruminants. Journal of Range Management. 48:2-17.

 

Provenza, F.D. and J. Ropp. 2001. Understanding herbivore response to anti-quality factors in forages. In: Anti-Quality Factors in Rangeland and Pastureland Forages. K. Launchbaugh, Ed.  Idaho Forest, Wildlife, and Range Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho. 5-12.

 

Rifa, H. 1990. Social facilitation in the horse (Equus caballus). Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 25:1-2:167-176.

 

Russell, M.A. and P.M. Bauer. 1995. Nutritional management for horses. Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin AS-429. West Lafayette, IN. 1-12.

 

Singer, J.W., N. Bobsin, D. Kluchinski, and W.J. Bamka. 2001. Equine stocking density effect on soil chemical properties, botanical composition, and species density. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 32:2659-2559.

 

Sulc, M. 2000. Prussic acid toxicity in forage caused by frost. Ohio State University Crop Observation and Recommendation Network 2000-34 Report, October 2000. Available online at http://web1.msue.msu.edu/barrycty/factsheets/prussicacidtoxicityfrost.htm

Accessed January 2008.

 

Sweeting, M.P., Houpt, C.E. and Houpt, K.A. (1985) Social facilitation of feeding and time budgets in stabled ponies. Journal of Animal Science. 60:369-374.

 

Thomas, M. and N. Schneider. 2001. Nitrate toxicosis: how it works and how to cope with it. In: Anti-Quality Factors in Rangeland and Pastureland Forages. K. Launchbaugh, Ed.  Idaho Forest, Wildlife, and Range Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho. 28-33.

 

United States Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service. USDA/ARS. 2005. Available online at http://www.usda.ars.gov Accessed October 2006.

 

United States Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. USDA/APHIS. 1999. Available online at http://www.aphis.usda.gov  Accessed November 2006.

 

United States Department of Agriculture: National Animal Health Monitoring Service. USDA/NAHMS. 1998. Available online at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ceah/ncahs/nahms/

Accessed November 2007.

 

United States Department of Agriculture: Natural Resource Conservation Service. USDA/NRCS Plants Database. Available online at: http://plants.usda.gov/java/noxiousDriver  Accessed December, 2007.

 

Whitson, T.D. (Ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630 pp.

 

Woods, L.W., M.S. Filigenzi, M.C. Booth, L.D. Rodger, J.S. Arnold, and B. Puschner.  2004. Summer pheasant’s eye (Adonis aestivalis­) poisoning in three horses. Veterinary Pathology. 41:215-220.


 

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