Re: Alsike clover

["Claudia Provin" <provincmk@fanninelectric.com>]

Boy!!!   Am I glad this subject was brought up!!!   I had loved this clover
in the pasture when I was a kid back in Kansas (where we had lots of it and
no sick horses)---and was ready to try to plant some in my horse pasture!!!
Guess I won't!!  Claudia

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From: <guest@endurance.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 8:30 AM
Subject: RC: Alsike clover


> CMNewell, DVM reshan@deyr.ultranet.com
> I'm with Duncan. This stuff can lead to death from
> liver damage. We had a couple well documented cases
> nearby. Two horses from a small herd took a particular
> fancy to a hollow in the pasture that was almost straight
> alsike. Massive liver damage.
> The local purveyors of pasture seed mixes no longer include
> alsike in horse pasture mixes. (Apparently, ruminants do
> better on it than equids.)
>
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