Oleander Toxicity
Patricia Dowling DVM (dowling@skyway.usask.ca)
Sun, 02 Nov 1997 17:50:33 -0800 (PST)
Susan wrote:
Hi all,
Could one of the vets (or anyone else) on the list tell me
whether
oleander is really as toxic to horses as they say? I've
heard
everything from "it doesn't matter because no horse will eat
it" (yeah,
right) to "one leaf and they're dead within 24 hours".
The answer is yes, they are extremely toxic and horses will
eat them. I'm not in the office, where I know I have some
references, but you can check out:
http://res.agr.ca/brd/poisonpl/poison.html
for more information.
Cheers,
Trisha
Zwaan Farm
Brian and Trisha Zwaan
Box 41
St Denis, Saskatchewan S0K 3W0
306-258-4455