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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 964828" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Cattle can eat some acorns with little ill effect, but some eat too much - even when there's plenty of grass available. I've seen cattle down from acorn toxicity, and after pumping 'em full of fluids & laxatives, I've seen 'em get up and beeline right back to the oak trees to start tanking up on them again. </p><p>Some heavy mast years, we see numerous cases of acorn toxicosis, and it's always been my experience that it's usually acorns from oaks in the white oak group - bur oak, white oak, etc. that seem to be the worst offenders.</p><p></p><p>Deer and goats have proline-rich proteins in their saliva which binds and inactivates the toxic gallotannins in acorns, but cattle produce much lower levels of prps, and cannot handle them in the amounts that deer/goats seem to eat with impunity.</p><p></p><p>Deworming with fenbendazole (or any other anthelminthic, for that matter) will do nothing to counteract excessive acorn consumption.</p><p>You should give the mineral oil NOW to help speed gut transit and to (possibly) block some absorption of the tannins; the reason some cattle with acorn toxicosis become 'constipated' is because their kidneys are damaged, they're becoming systemically toxic, and stop eating/drinking, stools get firm and hard. If you wait until they're constipated, well, the cow is out of the barn...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 964828, member: 12607"] Cattle can eat some acorns with little ill effect, but some eat too much - even when there's plenty of grass available. I've seen cattle down from acorn toxicity, and after pumping 'em full of fluids & laxatives, I've seen 'em get up and beeline right back to the oak trees to start tanking up on them again. Some heavy mast years, we see numerous cases of acorn toxicosis, and it's always been my experience that it's usually acorns from oaks in the white oak group - bur oak, white oak, etc. that seem to be the worst offenders. Deer and goats have proline-rich proteins in their saliva which binds and inactivates the toxic gallotannins in acorns, but cattle produce much lower levels of prps, and cannot handle them in the amounts that deer/goats seem to eat with impunity. Deworming with fenbendazole (or any other anthelminthic, for that matter) will do nothing to counteract excessive acorn consumption. You should give the mineral oil NOW to help speed gut transit and to (possibly) block some absorption of the tannins; the reason some cattle with acorn toxicosis become 'constipated' is because their kidneys are damaged, they're becoming systemically toxic, and stop eating/drinking, stools get firm and hard. If you wait until they're constipated, well, the cow is out of the barn... [/QUOTE]
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