Editing Locoweed (section)

== Prevention ==
Because ''O. sericea'' is both frequently encountered and relatively [[palatable]] to livestock, it is an important cause of economic losses in livestock production. Keeping livestock away from locoweed-infested pasture in spring and fall when grass and other forbs are not actively growing is recommended. Another suggested remedy is to provide palatable supplemental nutrients if animals are to be kept in infested pasture. These remedies take into account livestock preference for locoweed during seasons when grass is dry and not very nutritious.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ARS and New Mexico Scientists Take a Long Look at Livestock and Locoweed : USDA ARS |url=https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2010/ars-and-new-mexico-scientists-take-a-long-look-at-livestock-and-locoweed/ |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=www.ars.usda.gov}}</ref> [[Conditioned food aversion]] has been used experimentally to discourage livestock from eating it.<ref name="pmid10817148">{{cite journal
|vauthors=Ralphs MH, Provenza FD | title = Conditioned food aversions: principles and practices, with special reference to social facilitation
| journal = Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
| volume = 58
| issue = 4
| pages = 813–20
|date=November 1999
| pmid = 10817148
| doi =10.1017/S002966519900110X | doi-access = free
}}</ref><ref name=Pfisteretal2002>{{cite journal
 |vauthors     = Pfister JA, Stegelmeier BL, Cheney CD, Ralphs MH, Gardner DR
 |title        = Conditioning taste aversions to locoweed (''Oxytropis sericea'') in horses
 |journal      = Journal of Animal Science
 |volume       = 80
 |issue        = 1
 |pages        = 79–83
 |date         = January 2002
 |pmid         = 11831531
 |doi          = 10.2527/2002.80179x
 |url          = https://pubag.nal.usda.gov/download/4302/PDF
 |issn         = 0021-8812
 |accessdate   = January 28, 2018
 |archive-date = January 29, 2018
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20180129004753/https://pubag.nal.usda.gov/download/4302/PDF
 |url-status   = dead
|url-access= subscription
 }}</ref> In horses, a small study has shown promising results using [[lithium chloride]] as the [[aversive agent]].<ref name=Pfisteretal2002/>