Show cocklebur poison menace to stock swine particularly susceptible but other F farm arm animals also injured fl prepared by the united states state department 0 of agriculture live stock i running on casturo infested with young cockle cockleburs burs Is liable to bo Pol poisoned investigations by tho the united states pep artmont of turo ture show this Is particularly true tro of swine but also cattle and sheep and especially in the mississippi volley valley awl great plains states young pigs up to two month ago age aro more i blo than other stock although occa reports of cocklebur poisoning of other have been coming to workers in thc jhc pathological division 0 of f the bureau of animal industry where the investigations of stock poisoning by plants anro carried on amount of doge thero seems to bo considerable variation in the quantity of necessary to poison but in general tile tho doso boso that causes poison la Is not far from ono one and one halt half pounds of tho the groen green plant to pounds of animal apparently there Is little difference between the dose that causes only sickness and tile the dose boso that kills the symptoms of poisoning are depression nausea nc ac compa companies companied nied WWI with vomiting rapid and weak pulse and a low temperature tho the symptoms appear althin 24 hours otter after the plant Is eaten ond and commonly last only a few hours houra since it Is only the young plant before the forni formation atlon of leaves thita third YA ft poisonous onous cases of poisoning may occur at any time when young plants are found these cases begin in the latter part of winter in tile the southern states and somewhat later inter in tile north northern ern states cililo the losses may be ba spread over several months dest best remedy the best remedy of coarse Is to keep stock away from the young cocklebur plants especially when thero there Is a scarcity of feed or when the animals tire ore very hungry the plant may bo be exterminated in a good many areas but since it Is an annual there Is usually a crop the second year from seed that failed to ger germinate minato the preceding season the department has not recommended om mended any special medicinal remedies but when milk Is given to affected animals they recover or when salad bacon grease lard or raw oil Is substituted for tho the milk treatment recoveries cor co occur also |