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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1102785" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Last time I intend to weigh in on this one. </p><p>Excessive dietary sulfur can be a problem, and can be one (of several) causes of polioencephalomalacia. </p><p>No one, including me, has ever intimated that ethanol byproducts, corn gluten feed, etc. don't contain sulfur, and it's documented that they can potentially be an issue.</p><p> </p><p>BUT! One has to consider total dietary sulfur - from water sources, forages, feedstuffs, mineral supplements. </p><p>Far too many documented cases of polio have been associated with animals consuming high sulfate water sources, high-sulfur forages, like the Brassicas, consumption of plants like bracken fern that have thiaminase enzymes, or ration misformulation favoring bacterial populations that produce thiaminase. </p><p></p><p>Ethanol byproducts, in and of themselves, are not evil or poisonous. They're a high-quality protein supplement, and their S content must be considered in ration development - same as for any other ration ingredient. Hundreds of millions of tons of them are fed to cattle yearly - but if you misuse them, they can cause problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1102785, member: 12607"] Last time I intend to weigh in on this one. Excessive dietary sulfur can be a problem, and can be one (of several) causes of polioencephalomalacia. No one, including me, has ever intimated that ethanol byproducts, corn gluten feed, etc. don't contain sulfur, and it's documented that they can potentially be an issue. BUT! One has to consider total dietary sulfur - from water sources, forages, feedstuffs, mineral supplements. Far too many documented cases of polio have been associated with animals consuming high sulfate water sources, high-sulfur forages, like the Brassicas, consumption of plants like bracken fern that have thiaminase enzymes, or ration misformulation favoring bacterial populations that produce thiaminase. Ethanol byproducts, in and of themselves, are not evil or poisonous. They're a high-quality protein supplement, and their S content must be considered in ration development - same as for any other ration ingredient. Hundreds of millions of tons of them are fed to cattle yearly - but if you misuse them, they can cause problems. [/QUOTE]
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