Sheenas gold plant berries toxic for chickens

Question

The little yellow berries on the sheenas gold plant, are they toxic to chickens?

Answer 1

I believe so.  There was a study done on this particular plant.  Four incidents of Duranta erecta (Sheena's Gold) poisoning affecting nine dogs and a cat produced drowsiness, hyperaesthesia and tetanic seizures in all affected animals with evidence of alimentary tract irritation (vomiting, gastric and intestinal haemorrhage, diarrhoea, melaena) in five dogs and the cat. Fruits and leaves were seen to be eaten by affected animals. Therapy was successful in three of the dogs. Repeated diazepam doses and, in some cases, additional pentobarbitone or propofol anaesthesia, were successful in controlling seizures.