Tall Fescue Toxicity in Mares

Tall Fescue Toxicity in Mares

By Kentucky Equine Research Staff It’s green; it’s grass; it’s good. This may be the approach of some horse owners when it comes to pasture forage, but savvy broodmare managers know differently. One forage taunts broodmare managers in some parts of the United States so mercilessly that many consider it a weed, even a noxious one. In many ways, their assessment is just. Can you name the pasture plant? Did you guess tall fescue, specifically toxi…