| Title: | Equine Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151 |
| Moderator: | MTADMS::COBURN IO |
| Created: | Tue Feb 11 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2080 |
| Total number of notes: | 22383 |
A part of my pasture has poison ivy. Should I keep my horse away
from it?
Jim
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| 407.1 | The horse will be OK but you may not be. | SMAUG::GUNN | Tue Sep 22 1987 16:03 | 12 | |
While horses are not affected by poison ivy and can and do eat it,
it can still have an effect on their owner/rider. The toxin in Poison
Ivy that causes the skin rash in humans will be present in the horse's
saliva and sweat after the horse has eaten the ivy. Therefore if
you come into contact with the horse and you are sensitive to poison
ivy you will come out with the rash.
So it's probably a good idea for your own comfort rather than your
horse's to keep your horse away from poison ivy. Incidentally, if
you decide to eridicate the poison ivy with a chemical spray, don't
let your horse near the area since those chemicals can be harmful
to animals.
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| 407.2 | Get rid of ivy but not affect horse? | TEACH::SHERRY | Sherry Butler - (301)743-7160 | Sat Jan 09 1993 14:49 | 5 |
I see this is an old note.. but hopefully some of you will read
it and have an answer!
Is there something you can use on poison ivy to get rid of it, but
have it not affect the horses?
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