> We raise steers on self feeders
> and we are running into a problem
> with our steers bloating. we ahve
> lost 3 in the last month. any
> ideas?
Did You change their diets abruptly? If you did don't do that Also try putting sodium bicarbonate in the feed or water. And if you are running an antibiotic(OTC,CTC,sulfa, etc..) in the feed you are putting too much in for too long of a period and it is killing the "good bugs" in their rumens. Also if they are holsteins don't worry about it that's normal!! (just kidding) good luck