It also doesn't say when the last time he saw them was.bigbluegrass":1fmvfpxn said:Could IBR/BVD kill that many cows that fast? I guess it doesn't really say they were healthy the day or so before. Wonder how many cows he had total in the herd? Dairy or Beef herd? seems more likely it was some kind of poison for that many to just drop dead with little or no warning. Once again, it doesn't say if they were sick or healthy I am just guessing.
bigbluegrass":2h1ud793 said:Could IBR/BVD kill that many cows that fast? I guess it doesn't really say they were healthy the day or so before. Wonder how many cows he had total in the herd? Dairy or Beef herd? seems more likely it was some kind of poison for that many to just drop dead with little or no warning. Once again, it doesn't say if they were sick or healthy I am just guessing.
robertwhite":38frcnem said:Cattle eat sweet potatoes? (and yes, I am serious)
Every once in awhile we get lucky and say something right :lol: :lol: I guess that was my once for this year :lol:djinwa":duvnjxu0 said:The mycotoxin makes more sense. I assume the veterinary team read this thread and decided to take bigbluegrass' and my suggestion and look for toxic feed.
Howdyjabo":jxpovkum said:The farmer had the feed tested and found it ALL on his own.
Howdyjabo":1hq6kdru said:Sorry- I just figured out you were keying in on my "ALL". I wasn't really trying to minimise your insightful suggestion to look at the feed.
That was aimed more at the land grant vets and ag specialists (and their students) who should have been tripping over themselves to figure out why there were 200 dead calves.
Had a situation here with cheatgrass that came in thick after the drought- I had to figure that one out on my own. and I resented that they weren't interested in my problem(involved 200 head+) as a learning opportunity.