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K D Welch1, C A Stonecipher1, S T Lee1
1USDA-ARS Poisonous Plant Research Laboratory, Logan, UT, 84341, USA.
Toxicon : Official Journal of the International Society on Toxinology
|February 28, 2020
Abstract:
Water hemlock (Cicuta douglasii) is one of the most toxic plants to livestock and humans. Little is known regarding the amount of plant required to cause death. The objective of this study was to determine a lethal dose of water hemlock in a goat model. Plants were dosed to goats via oral gavage of freeze-dried ground plant material. The results from this study suggest that 1-2 fresh tubers would be lethal to goats.

