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<blockquote data-quote="mkb" data-source="post: 1638801" data-attributes="member: 36066"><p>I have an opportunity to get some manure from a feedlot spread on some of my hayland at no cost to me. It would help increase my hay yield and re-invigorate a field that doesn't produce well without fertilizer inputs. The feedlot, however, is feeding a lot of holstein feeders. </p><p>They have roller-compacted concrete in all of their pens and they claim they don't have a problem with digital dermatitis, but I'm sure the feeders have been exposed to it and my understanding is that once an animal has digital dermatitis it stays with them, but it is manageable.</p><p>I'm wondering what the risk is to introduce the bacteria that causes digital dermatitis to my beef herd. I don't graze the hayland very heavy, but during drought years when I run short of grass in the fall I sometimes use my hayland for fall grazing. If I do this, the manure would be trucked in, and piled for 4-5 months to compost before being spread. </p><p>If anyone knows what the risk of introducing digital dermatitis to my herd is, I would appreciate your words of wisdom!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mkb, post: 1638801, member: 36066"] I have an opportunity to get some manure from a feedlot spread on some of my hayland at no cost to me. It would help increase my hay yield and re-invigorate a field that doesn't produce well without fertilizer inputs. The feedlot, however, is feeding a lot of holstein feeders. They have roller-compacted concrete in all of their pens and they claim they don't have a problem with digital dermatitis, but I'm sure the feeders have been exposed to it and my understanding is that once an animal has digital dermatitis it stays with them, but it is manageable. I'm wondering what the risk is to introduce the bacteria that causes digital dermatitis to my beef herd. I don't graze the hayland very heavy, but during drought years when I run short of grass in the fall I sometimes use my hayland for fall grazing. If I do this, the manure would be trucked in, and piled for 4-5 months to compost before being spread. If anyone knows what the risk of introducing digital dermatitis to my herd is, I would appreciate your words of wisdom! [/QUOTE]
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