ridecamp@endurance.net: [endurance] Cherry Leaves

[endurance] Cherry Leaves

Wendy Milner (wendy@nsmdserv.cnd.hp.com)
Fri, 3 Nov 95 9:52:36 MST

> How long before it is safe? I have read that the only time
> cherry leaves are deadly is in "wilt stage", but I am very
> cautious. The leaves are very brown, and depending on the
> weather, dry, or pliable....it has been about 3 weeks since
> they dropped.
>
Are you sure that cherry leaves are deadly to horses?
I ask this because I have choke cherry bushes in my pasture and
was worried about a similar thing. When I asked the CSU vet
specialist about it, he said that while the leave do contain
cianide, they are not a problem with horses, only cattle.
We had several cows die after eating them.

The choke cherry plant contains the cianide all the time.
When the plant begins to slow down for winter, the cianide
tends to collect in the leaves. Thus the brown leaves contain
the most cianide. The vet did not say they ever loose it.

--
Wendy


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