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Ryegrass staggers in Canadian wapiti deer

Authors: Gallagher RT, Harvey IC, Orr MB, Mackintosh CG
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 30, Issue 7, pp 106-107, Jul 1982
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Deer, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Subject Terms: Locomotor, Disease/defect, Mycotoxicosis, Liver/hepatic disease, Fungal/yeast, Nervous system/neurology, Pasture/crop, Poisoning - plant, Toxicology
Article class: Correspondence

Abstract: We would like to report an outbreak of ryegrass staggers in Canadian wapiti (Cervus elaphus mannitobensis) which occurred at the Invermay Agricultural Research Centre, Mosgiel. As far as we are aware this is the first recorded case of ryegrass staggers in deer associated with grazing perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). A goup of 23 imported Canadian wapiti were moved onto a ryegrass/clover paddock (Paddock A) on the 5th February. 1982. Thirteen days later a 20-month-old hind was noticed to he slightly ataxic…

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