Cedar Tree Sawdust Laminitis

Sawdust generally emerges from holes bored by bark beetles.

Cedar tree sawdust laminitis.

Rose met rescued pony cedar in may 2011 i started working with cedar at the end of may 2011 and had the rehab complete by the end of august 2011 i got lucky as some rehabs take a lot longer. Chronic exposure can lead to. Even bedding or shavings that contain under 20 black walnut can induce laminitis in your horse. To be safe horses should never be allowed direct access to black walnut trees.

Pour old paint into sawdust so that you can legally throw it into the garbage. Cedar trees are also toxic cost me 2500 00 becuse one of my horses chewed the. Some trees in fact will exert pressure from sap and veins that keeps bark beetles from being able to bore into the core. Unfortunately a nickname for these beetles is nature s undertakers because they seldom attack fully healthy trees.

If you suspect your horse has laminitis or is ill please consult your vet. You might also see horses develop fevers and colic like signs. Workers can also be exposed when the dust becomes airborne such as when removing dust from furniture maintenance activities or when cleaning equipment e g emptying the bag from a dust extraction system or vacuum. Laminitis is painful and serious but with prompt proper treatment horses usually recover though it takes time.

The laminitis site is a charitable company registered in england wales no. Black walnut shavings or sawdust can give your horse laminitis within a few hours of his hooves touching the black walnut. Woodworker s lung cedar dust. 8530292 recognized by hmrc as a charity for gift aid.

If you suspect your horse has laminitis or is ill please consult your vet. Remove any that grow in the horse s pasture and outside the fence. Wood dust is created during all stages of wood processing such as sawing routing sanding and other operations. A decorative bat house made of cedar may be another natural option for insect control.

Make sure the sawdust is a very fine dust for this to avoid any splinters. Thrive on an insect diet including disease carrying mosquitos. Nearly all breeds of bats native to the u s. Inhalation of a wood dust from the cedar tree in an occupational setting can cause various lung symptoms.

Mix it with clay or mud to create a facial note. The lung symptoms result from the body s immune system reacting to exposure to the wood dust. Please consider making a donation to support the work of the laminitis site. The severity of symptoms varies depending on the duration of the exposure.

Make a pincushion with it and use it to help keep needles and pins sharp.