Anyone with cattle should be interested in this

[jeeptj99]

We had two full grown adult cows and one calf start coughing Sunday afternoon and yesterday they were almost dead. Come to find out we had perilla mint growing in the fields. It gets in their lungs and basically gives them pneumonia like symptoms and kills them within a couple days. Had to go the vet at 10 pm last night to get some sort of steroid shot for them. Supposedly if they make it 48 hours they recover usually.

http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/crops_livestock/livestock/animal_health/dairy/Watch+For+Cattle+Emphysema+In+Late+Summer.htm

https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/BP/WS-43-W.pdf

Here's a couple links on it. The worst time for it is right late summer to now when it's wilting.

 

[bad80cj]

interesting. Sorry about your cattle scare

 

[jeeptj99]

thanks they still arent out of the woods but they are still alive for the moment. my dad has been messing with cattle for 40+ years and never seen this so wanted to spread the word.

 

[jp fan]

Good info, a few years ago we had a early spring and are cows did not get enough mineral fast enough and we had multiple ones with seizure like symptoms and had to have the vet come up a few times before we figured out the problem

 

[jeeptj99]

cows are weird the littlest things mess with them but they can eat their own **** when they **** in the trough or in a barn stall.

 

[jeeptj99]

Little update. Three cows got into it bad. One was a 6 month old calf and seems to have recovered nicely. The other two one is about 8-10 years old and seems to be receiving but slowly. But one seems that's 4 we still aren't sure about. She won't eat hardly drinks and is "down" (when a cow can't get up its really bad for them to lay there) her breathing seems to be getting better and she's not coughing as bad.

Moral of the story if you have any kind of livestock be on the lookout for this plant!!!! From what the vet told my dad today it's worse if a horse gets into it.