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==Description==

==Description==

'''Ragwort''' (''Senecio jacobea'') is part of the daisy family, a flowering plant with completely yellow flowerheads. It commonly grows on wasteland and grazing pastures.  

'''Ragwort''' (''Senecio jacobea'') is part of the daisy family, a flowering plant with completely yellow flowerheads. It commonly grows on wasteland and grazing pastures.  

It is poisonous to livestock, when ingested over long periods of time it causes hepatotoxicity which is invariably fatal. Horses and cattle are more susceptible than sheep

It is poisonous to livestock with Horses and cattle being more susceptible than sheep. When ingested over long periods of time it causes hepatotoxicity which in the severe form is invariably fatal. Exposure to the toxin is usually via ingestion of contaminated hay or silage as the animal will avoid it in the fresh form.

 

 

==Signalment==

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