Guidance
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.