Richnm
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I have noticed some of my cows coats are turning reddish?! They use to be black. From what I read it could be a cooler deficiency. Has anyone had this happen? How do I fix this? Thanks
Lol. Copper! Spell check.Cooler deficiency?
Copper!
I've also heard something about too much molybdenum??
I have heard the same. Minerals...
I will have to check to make sure actual level but we are very high in molybdenum and are feeding a custom mineral that is about 5 points off toxic level for cattle. No more red coats on black cows and health issues greatly diminished.Copper is the correct answer, Molybdenum is a copper antagonist, so even with adequate copper levels, high molybdenum levels can create a deficiency
I'm in a copper deficient area, and about 6 miles from me as the crow flies there's a lake called "Molybdenite lake"
I feed mineral with about a 2500PPM Cu content
I will have to check to make sure actual level but we are very high in molybdenum and are feeding a custom mineral that is about 5 points off toxic level for cattle. No more red coats on black cows and health issues greatly diminishe
I was feeding heavy Alflafa and the coats were more black. This reddish tint is driving me crazy!We split our herd and summer halves 9 miles apart. One (easiest to corral) herd grazes older stands with limited legume, and has some reddish coats. The other half (that we did not catch) grazes newer stands with a lot of legume after bale grazing, and does not have reddish coats. Hummm.