Lecture 2 Flashcards
Name the
- Plant
- Toxin

- Oats
- Nitrate-nitrite
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- Plant
- Toxin

- Sorghum
- Nitrate-nitrite
How does nitrate poisoning work
There is too much nitrate exceeding the rumens flora’s capacity to metabolise nitrate
How much nitrate is too much in food
Anything over 1.5 KNO3
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- Plant
- Toxin
- When not to graze

Rye grass
Nitrate-nitrite
Young or just after fertilising; irrigated wilted rye grass
To reduce nitrate poisoning mix rye grass
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- Plant
- Toxin

- Button grass
- Nitrate-nitrite
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- Plant
- Toxin

Liverseed grass
Nitrate-nitrite
Name the
- Plant
- Toxin

Barnyard grass - often in damp areas
Nirate-nitrite
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Plant
Toxin

Crows foot grass
Nitrate-nitirte
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Plant
Toxin
Family

Mexican poppy
nitrate nitrite
Papaveraceae

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Plant
Toxin
Family
Pig weekd
Nitrate-nitrite
Portulacaceae
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Plant
Toxin

Siam weed
Nitrate-nitrite
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Plant
Toxin

Lucerne
Nirate-nitrite
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Plant
Toxin

Rumex
Nitrate nitrite
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Plant
Toxin

Deadly nite shade
Nitrate nitrite
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Plant
Toxin

Perscaria sp
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Plant
Toxin

Tribulus
Nitrate nitrite
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Plant
Toxin

Small flowered mallow (marshmellow plant)
Nirate nirtite
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Plant
Toxin

Neptunia
Selenium
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Plant
Toxin

Morinda reticulate
Selenium
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Plant
Toxin

Heart leaf, poison bush
Fluoroacetate
Name the

Plant
Toxin
Gerogina gidgee
Fluoroacetate