Will Horses Eat Star Thistle?
Yellow Star Thistle (Nigropallidal Leukoencephalomalacia) Affected Horses Have Usually Been Eating the Plants for Several Weeks (Especially the Thistles) and...
Is Star Thistle poisonous to horses?
Russian knapweed (Rhaponticum repens, formerly Centaurea repens or Acroptilon repens) and yellow star-thistle (Centaurea solstitialis) are unusual among poisonous plants in that they are toxic to horses—causing “chewing disease”—but cattle and sheep consume the plants without any apparent signs of toxicity.
Is it OK for horses to eat thistles?
Thistles - Non-toxic
Some horses love to eat thistles, even favouring the spiky heads although for us it doesn't look very comfortable watching them scoff it!
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