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DOES POISON IVY AFFECT ANIMALS?

Subject: DOES POISON IVY AFFECT ANIMALS?
Author: THERESA FOSTER
Date: 3/29/2007 9:36 am
Views: 8689
Status: Approved
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I SPENT AN EVENING WORKING IN MY YARD, AND A 2 DAYS LATER, MY LEFT ARM WAS COVERED WITH A RASH CAUSED BY POISON IVY FROM MY BACK FENCE LINE THAT I WASN'T AWARE WAS THERE TILL IT WAS TOO LATE. UNFORTUNATELY, WHILE I WAS TRIMMING ALL THE HONEY SUCKLE AND WEEDS THAT INCLUDED THE IVY, MY JACK RUSSELL WAS HAVING A BALL, JUMPING UP AND SNATCHING THE CLIPPINGS AND "KILLING THEM. ARE DOGS AND CATS AFFECTED THE SAME WAY HUMANS ARE BY POISON IVY/OAK OR DO THEY JUST CARRY THE OIL, CAUSING REINFECTION FOR THEIR OWNERS?

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DOES POISON IVY AFFECT ANIMALS (Approved)THERESA FOSTER3/29/2007 9:36 am
  Re: DOES POISON IVY AFFECT ANI (Approved)Betsy D.3/29/2007 11:16 pm