The Ecology and Economic Impact of Poisonous Plants of Livestock Production

Focusing on those poisonous plant species with a broad geographic distribution and the greatest economic effect, the contributor to this interdisciplinary volume examine the environmental factors that promote or encourage poisonous plant growth and spread, plant population cycles, the conditions under which poisoning occurs, toxins responsible for poisoning and their effects on livestock, and the management responses to reduce losses.The general economic impact is also examined, looking at Frequency and economic aspect of loss from outright death to reduced weaning weight and reproductive efficiency- and forage losses within the context of annual, sporadic or catastrophic losses as well as the costs of the prevention are examined within an agricultural economic aspects of poisons plant control and management. This book is of interest not only to range scientist but also to botanists, ecologists, animal scientists, and behavior lists, and agricultural economists. It will serve as both a source book and a useful methodological guide.