Delivery/Location: Online
The important plants and their toxins capable of causing abortions, congenital abnormalities and reproductive failure in horses and livestock are all reviewed.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Recognize those common plants associated with reproductive failure.
- Associate teratogenic defects with specific plants.
- Recommend management strategies to prevent plant induced reproductive failure.
Noncredit courses do not produce academic credit nor appear on a Colorado State University academic transcript.
Instructors
Dr. Tony Knight
Anthony.Knight@colostate.edu
Dr. Knight has taught plant toxicology in the professional veterinary medical curriculum for over 20 years and has recently published a book with CD on the subject. (A Guide to Plant Poisoning of Animals in North America. Published by Teton New Media). He has utilized his field experience in working with livestock owners who have had plant poisoning problems to embellish the plant toxicology course taught to veterinary students at Colorado Sate University.
He is frequently invited to speak to veterinarians, livestock producers, and Cooperative Extension personnel on the importance of toxic plants in the western United States. To help answer frequent questions on the subject of plant poisoning, Dr Knight also has a popular web page on toxic plants.
1 Section Available
- Section 202 (Online via RamCT)
- Date: Open Entry (3 mos.)
- Instructors: Dr. Tony Knight
- Tuition: $50
- Registration ends Tuesday, Oct 14, 2008
Related Courses
- VMLL 1010 - Poisonous Plants: Plants Causing Sudden Death
- VMLL 1011 - Poisonous Plants: Plants Affecting the Integumentary System
- VMLL 1012 - Poisonous Plants: Plants Affecting the Nervous System
- VMLL 1014 - Poisonous Plants: Plants Affecting the Digestive System
- VMLL 1015 - Poisonous Plants: Plants Affecting the Urinary and Hemic-Lymphatic Systems
For More Information
Michele Sterling(970) 491-2520
msterling@learn.colostate.edu