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<blockquote data-quote="branguscowgirl" data-source="post: 1273112" data-attributes="member: 19938"><p>I have had problems with Dallis Grass here. It is only dangerous if it gets the Ergot fungus in the seed heads. (And if the cattle bother to eat it.) If they have other stuff to eat, they won't touch it after it is tall and stemy. However if left to seed it will rapidly spread, every year you will get more and more. If they don't graze it down before it goes to seed, we mow it.</p><p>If they get symptoms of Dallis grass staggers you can quickly reverse it by taking them off of it and feeding hay. They don't usually "die" from it unless you totally ignored all the signs and they weren't eating much of anything else.</p><p></p><p>Symptoms could start with muscle tremors and excitability. </p><p></p><p>With that said, I doubt that you have enough in your pasture to worry about. And even then, it would have to have the fungus on it to be toxic.</p><p></p><p>There is a lot of information on Dallis grass staggers if you Google it, including some videos of what they look and act like if they have eaten it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="branguscowgirl, post: 1273112, member: 19938"] I have had problems with Dallis Grass here. It is only dangerous if it gets the Ergot fungus in the seed heads. (And if the cattle bother to eat it.) If they have other stuff to eat, they won't touch it after it is tall and stemy. However if left to seed it will rapidly spread, every year you will get more and more. If they don't graze it down before it goes to seed, we mow it. If they get symptoms of Dallis grass staggers you can quickly reverse it by taking them off of it and feeding hay. They don't usually "die" from it unless you totally ignored all the signs and they weren't eating much of anything else. Symptoms could start with muscle tremors and excitability. With that said, I doubt that you have enough in your pasture to worry about. And even then, it would have to have the fungus on it to be toxic. There is a lot of information on Dallis grass staggers if you Google it, including some videos of what they look and act like if they have eaten it. [/QUOTE]
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