Mad Cow Disease- Everything Old Is New Again

Poisionboy16 Jan, 2020Miscellaneous

The fungus contains alkaloids that have powerful effects on the vascular and nervous systems, leading to seizures and gangrene from interruption of blood flow to the extremities. The presence of the fungus in the rye grain may be due to a dry summer and wet autumn last year. It takes only a very few (possibly only 3 ergot seeds) to injure a cow.