ANFS251 Midterm: Discussion Session 1
25 Feb 2019
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Food detected by stomach due to mere presence in the stomach. In a newborn - anything (nibbling on something in the environment) once it hits the stomach it stimulates the next step in development, beings to populate stomach environment. Fescue - an extremely hearty, tough grass - will not be killed easily, maintains nutrients throughout winter. As the plants matures and produces seed head, under certain conditions an endophyte of fungus can grow and it can become toxic. Toxin doesn"t bother plant, but it bothers animal. Horse was supposed to foal today but she foals 10 days later. Cows - can disrupt their estrous cycle. Cannot really treat this, can spray roundup on the pasture to kill the endophyte fescue, will have to reseed the pasture. Also have endophyte free fescue but the yield is not as good on it. When found at ud it was associated with 2 dummy foals being born and.
