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Schools to replace toxic fescue
Mar 6, 2017, 12:03 PM
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The damaging effects on cattle that winter graze on toxic fescue have been showing up in Missouri. Craig Roberts, University of Missouri Extension forage specialist, tells Brownfield toxic fescue “Kentucky 31” is the cause. In one case, a Missouri producer lost five out of 30 cows to fescue foot.
“When cattle are grazing Toxic Tall Fescue in the winter time, they start experiencing basal constriction, a lack of blood flow to the extremities.
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