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On-farm incidents: How to protect your livestock and Scotland’s food chain

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Summary

Lead is a highly toxic metal that causes nervous disease, blindness, infertility and death. Over half of reported on-farm incidents are due to lead poisoning.

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On-farm poisoning

Poisoning incidents on farms are usually because animals have been exposed to lead or copper on farmland.