Lawn Mower Belt for Cub Cadet/MTD/Troy-Bilt and Similar Models - Size: 42 x 96 inches

This product replacement part is designed to work with a variety of lawn and garden equipment. It replaces OEM parts for Cub Cadet's models "G," LT1040, LT1042, LTX1040KH, and LTX1042KW, Troy-Bilt Super Bronco 42 Hydro (TB42), Pony 42X, Pony 42T, Horse 42 Hydro, Pony 42, Bronco 42 Auto. It also fits with Craftsman' Written by: Alexis E. Bautista Date Posted: 05/13/2018 9:07:30 AM Sources: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), UC ANR.org UC Davis researchers have made an unexpected discovery about a weed known as poison hemlock - which has been spreading across the country due to its abundance in manure from animals that graze on it. Poison hemlock can be found everywhere, and is often mistaken for parsley. The UC Davis scientists found that when ruminant animals such as cows, sheep and goats ingest poisonous weeds including this one, they are able to process the plant's harmful compounds because of their four-chambered stomach. "This is a breakthrough in our understanding how herbivores deal with poisons," said senior author Evan Sung, who works at UC Davis and at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS). "There have been previous studies about nonruminants dealing with poisonous plants but no one had looked into how ruminants handle these toxic compounds. We hope that this information will help us develop ways of protecting livestock from poisons and even finding new medicines." Ruminal microbes are able to break down the plant's harmful alkaloids, Sung said. The researchers analyzed rumen contents (a compartment in a cow or sheep's stomach) of animals fed poisonous plants such as hemlock and foxtail fescue. They found that these microbes were able to break down the plant compounds by using them for building their cell walls and energy, thus detoxifying it. "Our findings are particularly interesting because there is a widespread public health issue with poisonous plants," Sung said. "People use manure from animals that graze on these plants as fertilizer to grow crops for human consumption without knowing the potential harm." Toxicity of hemlock in livestock varies depending on species, age and stage of development of animal ingestion; however, some symptoms include difficulty breathing, diarrhea, tremors or even death. The researchers said their findings could be useful to farmers as it will help them identify animals that have eaten the poisonous plants, thus preventing widespread illness in herds of livestock and potential contaminasion for humans consuming crops fertilized with this manure. "There is a need for more studies about how ruminants deal with toxic compounds," Sung said. "This work shows that we have underappreciated the metabolic abilities of ruminal microbes, which can be used as biological tools in agricultural and clinical settings." The researchers also hope their study will help farmers understand how ruminant animals process plants they eat. They plan on studying other types of herbivores to see if this behavior is unique among different species. The team published its findings in the journal Ecology Letters, and was funded by a grant from SARE. "Poisonous plant eaters: Ruminant microbes metabolize toxic compounds into harmless products," Evan Sung et al., 2018, Ecology Letters.

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