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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1197223" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Don't know that I've ever seen a specific amount defined, as in...X pounds will kill a cow. </p><p> </p><p>In my experience, the acorns of the white oak group seem to be a bigger problem than those of the red oak group - but that may primarily be due to the fact that they're less bitter, more palatable, and will be eaten more readily. Plus...the white oaks tend to drop their acorns all at once, whereas the red/black oak group spreads acorn drop out over a longer period of time. </p><p></p><p>Goats and deer have proline-rich salivary proteins which bind/deactivate the tannins in acorns, allowing them to eat them without any issues. Cattle and sheep...not so much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1197223, member: 12607"] Don't know that I've ever seen a specific amount defined, as in...X pounds will kill a cow. In my experience, the acorns of the white oak group seem to be a bigger problem than those of the red oak group - but that may primarily be due to the fact that they're less bitter, more palatable, and will be eaten more readily. Plus...the white oaks tend to drop their acorns all at once, whereas the red/black oak group spreads acorn drop out over a longer period of time. Goats and deer have proline-rich salivary proteins which bind/deactivate the tannins in acorns, allowing them to eat them without any issues. Cattle and sheep...not so much. [/QUOTE]
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