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Title: Leatherstem


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Leatherstem
  • Erect, perennial, shrubby plant with simple or
    somewhat lobed leaves. Spurge family.
  • Toxic agent is a phytotoxin (large protein
    molecules that may act as antigens or as
    proleolytic enzymes. Sheep and goats.

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Abnormal Leaf-flower (Phyllanthus abnormis)
  • Small, bushy annual or short-lived perennial
    herb.
  • Toxic agent unknown. Sheep, cattle and goats,
    sheep and goats are more resistant than cattle.

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Guajillo (Acacia berlandieri)
  • Shrub to small tree in the legume family with few
    or no prickles.
  • Sheep, goats and possibly cattle are poisoned.
    Leaves contain sympathomimetic amines,
    principally N-methyl-B-phenethy-lamine and
    tyramine.
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