Ragwort warning after Limerick herd suffers multiple losses
Most fatalities involving ragwort occur where it is finely chopped in hay or silage.
Noxious weeds continue to pose a threat to livestock, with the case last year of a cattle herd with multiple losses in 2022-born cattle being reported by the Limerick Regional Veterinary Laboratory, where the herdowner submitted a number of animals for necropsy in May 2023.
The affected cattle had been housed in December 2022 and were turned out again the following mid-March.
