Mitchell, D.T.Canham, A.S.Bayer, A.M.Du Toit, P.J.Union of South Africa. Dept. of Agriculture2015-07-102015-07-1020151934Mitchell, DT, Canham, AS & Bayer, AM 1934, 'Urginea Capitata Baker - the Berg Slangkop. Its toxic effect on ruminants', Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 681-689.http://hdl.handle.net/2263/47930The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.The green leaves proved poisonous when fed, mixed with lucerne, to cattle. The symptoms preceding death were " tucked up" appearance, sunken eyeballs, loss of appetite and profuse diarrhoea with blood stained faeces. The minimum fatal dose for an average sized animal is given as 6-8 lb. of the green material.en©Union of South Africa, Dept. of Agriculture (original). ©University of Pretoria, Dept. of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineSouth AfricaVeterinary reportsLucerneVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaPlant poisoning in animalsArticle