 | New South Wales. Department of Agriculture - 1898 - 1156 pages
...deadly effect " of L. australis, and that it causes sheep to perish, in some cases, iu half an hour. " I am inclined to believe that many leguminous plants...throws off such an abundance of gases, that " hoove " ensues, which is nothing more than an excessive distension of the stomach, pressing against the diaphragm,... | |
 | Joseph Henry Maiden - 1901 - 40 pages
..."deadly effect " of L. australis, and that it causes sheep to perish, in some cases, in half an hour. " I am inclined to believe that many leguminous plants...throws off such an abundance of gases that " hoove" ensues, which is nothing more than an excessive distension of the stomach, pressing against the diaphragm,... | |
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... which is nothing more than an excessive distension of the stomach, pressing against the diaphragm, preventing the lungs from working, and the animal is really strangled to death. To this cause I attribute all the deaths (and they are very numerous)... 