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ELEVEN Senecio spp. have been reported to occur in the British Isles1, but only a few of these contaminate pasture land to any appreciable extent. The common ragwort (Senecio jacobœa Linn.) has been incriminated in Britain2,3,4 and elsewhere5,6 as the cause of a fatal poisoning when eaten by livestock, known generally as ‘seneciosis’. This condition, in cattle and horses, may either take a rapid fatal course with the liver showing acute necrosis, or a more lingering chronic type with liver cirrhosis as the main lesion.
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EVANS, W., EVANS, E. Poisoning of Farm Animals by the March Ragwort (<i>Senecio aquaticus</i> Huds.). Nature 164, 30–31 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164030b0
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