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Know the common pasture plants that cause liver disease, because clinical signs are often non-specific and may not appear until it is too late. This 4-page fact sheet was written by A.M. House and J.R. Elfenbein and published by the UF Department of Veterinary Medicine-Large Animal Clinical Sciences, August 2011. (Photo: Thomas Wright)
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