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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1348255" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>Yes, and yes. Many producers here find out the hard way that cattle from outside the fescue area do not always do well; weight loss, switch loss, and feet loss. The land next to us was recently leased by a man that bought 16 bred heifers to run on it. They came from a special cow sale, many put together from out of state. Of the 16, I would say at LEAST 4 have fescue toxicity. VERY thin, hair still on, and one is losing her foot (he thinks it is foot rot), but she has a huge abscess at the coronary band (hair and hoof junction) and the entire foot is swollen. They moved them to a different section of pasture so I do not see her daily, but I doubt she is still alive.</p><p>WE have had cattle that were born on our farm, that just did not thrive in the fescue. Shipped an Angus cow just a month or so ago, she never shucked her hair, always laid in the wet spots and had her mouth open and panting. As long as she stayed bred, I was OK with it. Her first calf was a heifer, and that heifer is now 3 (weaned her first calf months ago). The dam, Angus, failed to return to heat until about 90 days (calved in December), and with her overheating problems I decided to cull her (not before the extension got a blood card on her for the hair study we are in about fescue). Her daughter, the three year old, had a hard time conceiving. We AI'd her two times, and then she had to be bred to a young bull I had around to get her stuck. She calved in September, she is now due in December. I cut my nursing two year olds a little slack, but she is on her last one. This summer has been a hot one, and guess where I am finding her every day? In a pee spot, panting like mad. Looks like her productive career will end early also, like her dam.</p><p>IT IS GENETIC. This article (<a href="http://extension.missouri.edu/n/2799" target="_blank">http://extension.missouri.edu/n/2799</a>) talks about a study we are involved in to help identify data on cattle regionally, and how they adapt to fescue. I am excited to see the results, and hopefully learn something to help me battle this fescue beast. </p><p>Like Ron said, dilution is the easiest way. Unfortunately, fescue is king in this country and you must drill yearly to keep dilution of the fescue in a quantity that will do any good. Cattle will graze everything BUT the fescue first, so if they are in the same field all the time fescue is all that will survive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1348255, member: 18809"] Yes, and yes. Many producers here find out the hard way that cattle from outside the fescue area do not always do well; weight loss, switch loss, and feet loss. The land next to us was recently leased by a man that bought 16 bred heifers to run on it. They came from a special cow sale, many put together from out of state. Of the 16, I would say at LEAST 4 have fescue toxicity. VERY thin, hair still on, and one is losing her foot (he thinks it is foot rot), but she has a huge abscess at the coronary band (hair and hoof junction) and the entire foot is swollen. They moved them to a different section of pasture so I do not see her daily, but I doubt she is still alive. WE have had cattle that were born on our farm, that just did not thrive in the fescue. Shipped an Angus cow just a month or so ago, she never shucked her hair, always laid in the wet spots and had her mouth open and panting. As long as she stayed bred, I was OK with it. Her first calf was a heifer, and that heifer is now 3 (weaned her first calf months ago). The dam, Angus, failed to return to heat until about 90 days (calved in December), and with her overheating problems I decided to cull her (not before the extension got a blood card on her for the hair study we are in about fescue). Her daughter, the three year old, had a hard time conceiving. We AI'd her two times, and then she had to be bred to a young bull I had around to get her stuck. She calved in September, she is now due in December. I cut my nursing two year olds a little slack, but she is on her last one. This summer has been a hot one, and guess where I am finding her every day? In a pee spot, panting like mad. Looks like her productive career will end early also, like her dam. IT IS GENETIC. This article ([url=http://extension.missouri.edu/n/2799]http://extension.missouri.edu/n/2799[/url]) talks about a study we are involved in to help identify data on cattle regionally, and how they adapt to fescue. I am excited to see the results, and hopefully learn something to help me battle this fescue beast. Like Ron said, dilution is the easiest way. Unfortunately, fescue is king in this country and you must drill yearly to keep dilution of the fescue in a quantity that will do any good. Cattle will graze everything BUT the fescue first, so if they are in the same field all the time fescue is all that will survive. [/QUOTE]
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