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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

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As we enter the holiday season it is important to remember that yew clippings are very toxic to horse.
 
Yew trees are common throughout much of the world and all parts of the yew are poisonous, except for the aril, or berry that surrounds the seed. The toxin is the alkaloid taxane which causes difficult breathing, tremors, convulsions and heart failure.
 
While fatal poisoning in humans is rare, the horse’s tolerance to this toxin is very low and death can occur before symptoms are observed. While horses are unlikely to eat from a living yew tree, feeding lawn or grass cuttings from areas where the trees grow is thought to be the most common means of yew poisoning.
 
Yew clippings are also used in Christmas wreaths and winter ornamentation at a time when horses are desperate to forage for roughage. Special care must be taken when decorating around the barn and when disposing of any yew clippings after the season.  

 
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