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If you crimp Alfalfa hay, you may want to read this.
From the Paulick Report 9-25-15
Two retail outlets in North Carolina are recalling a load of hay sold in recent weeks after six horses died from blister beetle toxicity. The hay was sold via Murphy Farm Hay and Feed Company in Louisburg, N.C. and from Jones Farm Hay and Feed in Middlesex, N.C.
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture has determined that a single load of alfalfa hay shipped to the stores from Kansas is the likely source of the contamination, after a sample from the load tested positive for cantharidin. The toxic substance is released from the bodies of dead blister beetles, which are sometimes found on live alfalfa plants.
Experts say that crimped hay is at the greatest risk for containing the beetles, since they have no chance to escape before the material is processed. Normal processing, which allows hay to dry in the field a few days before bailing, can allow the beetles time to leave the plants, avoiding release of the toxin.
Officials warn that the toxin may be in hay, even if the beetles themselves are not visible.
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