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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

If vetch isn't perfectly cured it caused a type of paralysis in the hind end 
of a horses.  Doesn't bother cattle but can play real havoc with horses. 
However, there are several varieties of vetch and quite a few cause problems 
in both animals and two-legged critters.  Grass Vetchling can only be fed 
for a short period of time.  Sweet Peas (in the same family) cause problems 
in humans, horses and turkeys.  Green Vetch (Indian Vetch, Chickling Vetch 
and half a dozen other names for this plant) causes paralysis of the larynx 
in horses and neuro changes in monkeys, humans and rats.  Ah, vetch is an 
interesting plant.

And, I should have mentioned, cause other folks aren't from my area, some of 
the grasses and their resulting hays that aren't save that grow in the areas 
other folks are in:  Sorghum, Sudangrass, Johnsongrass, Sorghum-Sudangrass 
hybrids plus Kentucky 31 fescue for pregnant mares.  They can all cause 
paralysis and urinary disorders plus the Kentucky 31 contains toxic 
endophytes.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>


> > Good quality hay doesn't = big bucks.  It equals hay that is clean, no 
> > mold,
> > no vetch, no foxtails, no star thistle.
>
> What is the problem with vetch?
>
> Rob  - Va
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