Title: Plants of Texas Rangelands » Honey mesquite
Headings: Honey mesquite
Honey mesquite
Description
Habitat
Toxic Agent
Signs of Livestock Ingestion
Management Strategies
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Content: Horses with impaction colic will stand in a humped position and may kick at their abdomens. Management Strategies
Most cases of poisoning occur in pastures where many mesquite beans accumulate, such as where pack rats store them. Prevent cattle from consuming beans as 60 percent of the diet for more than 60 days without adequate highquality roughage. If the disease has not progressed too far, three of four animals survive if given high-quality ground feed and rumen inoculation with fresh rumen fluid from an unaffected animal. Stocking cattle and sheep together can reduce cattle losses, because the beans apparently do not affect sheep. There are many specific chemical control recommendations for mesquite. For herbicides and rates, see Extension publication B-1466, Chemical Weed and Brush Control Suggestions for Rangeland. Images