Prussic acid toxicity, commonly linked to the consumption of Johnsongrass, is a serious condition that can be fatal to livestock. Recent rains after a period of dry weather have heightened the ...

The signs of prussic acid poisoning appear suddenly, usually 15 to 20 minutes after animals consume "tainted" forage. Symptoms include staggering, labored breathing, spasms and foaming at the mouth.

Prussic acid is a problem in sorghum type forages and can also be found in bahia, corn, white clover, and cocklebur. It will not occur in Bermuda or Klein grass pastures.

Mary Van Orden, aged 43 years, a boarding house keeper, of 327 West Forty-eighthstreet, committed suicide yesterday by taking prussic acid. She tried to obtain some of the poison Sunday evening ...

Prussic acid in forages can pose a significant risk to certain grazing livestock. Some plants like sorghums, millets and a few others produce cyanogenic glucosides (prussic acid) as they grow.

Prussic acid when ingested by cattle, is absorbed quickly into the bloodstream and blocks the animal's cells from utilizing oxygen. Thus the animal dies from asphyxiation at the cellular level.

Forage testing for prussic acid and nitrate levels is available at labs such as the South Dakota Ag Lab in Brookings. If you have any questions about either of these problems as we go into fall ...

Prussic acid when ingested by cattle, is absorbed into the blood stream, and blocks the animal's cells from utilizing oxygen. Thus, the animal dies from asphyxiation at the cellular level.

Prussic acid: Naturally occurring glycosides may form prussic acid, also called hydrocyanic acid or HCN, which can build up to toxic levels in a number of plants including Johnsongrass, sorghum ...

Each fall, prussic acid poisoning is a real concern for Kentucky livestock producers, especially those who grow and graze their animals on sorghum-based forages like forage sorghum, sorghum ...

I've never heard of a prussic acid poisoning incident when the forage has been harvested under either of these scenarios. Still, it is desirable to cut the forage after it is 24 inches or taller.