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-~- <br />• Common <br />Name <br />Scientific Name <br />Geyer larkspur <br />Effect and symptoms <br />Delphinium geyeri <br />Gravelly Foothill /f 214 <br />Season <br />Dangerous <br />Animals <br />Affected <br />Spring and <br />early summer <br />when other <br />green forage <br />is not <br />available <br />Cattle are <br />most sus- <br />ceptible; <br />horses and <br />sheep are <br />occasionally <br />affected <br />Poisoning is cumulative. Symptoms include loss of appetite, general <br />uneasiness, excessive salivation, frequent swallowing, twitching muscles, <br />rapid irregular heart beat, respiratory paralysis and staggering gait. In <br />advanced cases, the animal falls and lies with feet extended more or less <br />rigidly. Poisoned animals are constipated and severe cases_ are nauseated <br />and some are also bloated. <br />• Season Animals <br />Common Scientific Name Dangerous Affected <br />Name <br />Drummond <br />•~r._ milkvetch <br />Astragalus drummondii <br />R. Location of Typical Examples of the Site <br />Drummond milk- Poten- <br />vetch has not Bally <br />been confirmed cattle, <br />as being poison- horses <br />ous to livestock. and sheep <br />However, it is <br />listed as being <br />suspected of <br />toxicity. <br />a. One mile north of Falcon, E1 Paso County . <br />b. Soapstone Grazing Association, Lorimer County <br />• <br />