Fescue
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Fescue
Names: Festuca arundinacea
Description: Perennial grass which grows in clumps up to 3 to 4 feet. Leaves are medium-wide and rough on the top.
Concern level: High, this is a common grass and it can be very toxic to your animals.
Toxic parts: Seed head, stem and leaf sheath
Symptoms: Reproductive problems, lameness, dry gangrene, prolonged gestation, abortion, stillborn, foal mortality, mare death, fever, death
Danger: Can grow a fungus acremonium coenophialum, and contains alkaloids that inhibit prolactin release. Can be fatal
More information: Virginia Cooperative Extension
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