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Texas Cattle Die-Off Linked to Grass

USDA checking for mutations in grass that produced cyanide gas

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 25, 2012 3:46 AM CDT | Updated Jun 25, 2012 6:40 AM CDT

(Newser) – A sudden die-off of almost an entire herd of Texas cattle has been linked to a hybrid of Bermuda grass, reports CBS. Fifteen of the 18 animals on an 80-acre Elgin ranch began bellowing, went into convulsions, and quickly died three weeks ago when they...   Read full story »

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cattle • Texas • die-off • cyanide gas • gentically modified

 
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