DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) – A mystery is ahoof in Texas farm country where cattle have dropped dead while grazing, puzzling scientists who say it appears an unusual combination of circumstances have turned pastures toxic.
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“We don’t know probably all we need to know currently. We do know the cattle died from prussic acid poisoning and we know the grass tested positive for prussic acid,” said Warner. “It is the same as cyanide poisoning, the same as they used in the gas chambers in Germany.”

