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Will constantly keeping hay in front of cattle make them bloat?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dsth" data-source="post: 1660095" data-attributes="member: 38038"><p>I start feeding free choice alfalfa hay in the fall when pastures get short and start calving in December. cows and calves have free choice hay until spring when pastures are growing good. only time I had a bloat problem was after calves pulled down a piece of Styrofoam insulation and ate some of it. Had 3 calves bloat and 2 apparently passed it out but one did not and died. My vet and I determined that is why but did not open dead calf to verify. I have talked to vet about bloating on freshly baled hay that may have been baled wet and fed right from the baler. He claims it is pretty unlikely cows/calves will bloat on hay unless it has a really high % leaves and freshly baled. Agree with previous post that bloat was probably from death not the cause.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dsth, post: 1660095, member: 38038"] I start feeding free choice alfalfa hay in the fall when pastures get short and start calving in December. cows and calves have free choice hay until spring when pastures are growing good. only time I had a bloat problem was after calves pulled down a piece of Styrofoam insulation and ate some of it. Had 3 calves bloat and 2 apparently passed it out but one did not and died. My vet and I determined that is why but did not open dead calf to verify. I have talked to vet about bloating on freshly baled hay that may have been baled wet and fed right from the baler. He claims it is pretty unlikely cows/calves will bloat on hay unless it has a really high % leaves and freshly baled. Agree with previous post that bloat was probably from death not the cause. [/QUOTE]
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