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Ergot - Need some grain farmer opinions
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<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 172361" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>Thanks Bob, this is what I was looking for.</p><p></p><p>Now having said that, I did manage to talk to a well respected vet this morning about it. He did confirm that a single large dose would cause the exact same symptoms as a slow exposure would. After a large dose, it would take 6 - 8 days for the first signs to show up, and couple days after that before it was truly noticeable. Which is about the time frame after I accidentally dumped those old barley straw bales out there.</p><p></p><p>He also said that while the ergotted seeds may have threshed out, they'd leave behind enough residue mold on the seed head to cause poisoning, even acute poisoning. In hay/straw it only takes a few parts per billion to cause gradual poisoning. Acute levels are only a few more parts per billion.</p><p></p><p>And just for further interests sake, he told me its never been proven that ergot poisoning causes anything more than very low levels of abortions in animals. Some of his texts state it causes abortions, other say there is no evidence to support this. He personally has never seen ergot poisoning cause abortions, but he's also never alot of ergot poisoning up here.</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 172361, member: 2862"] Thanks Bob, this is what I was looking for. Now having said that, I did manage to talk to a well respected vet this morning about it. He did confirm that a single large dose would cause the exact same symptoms as a slow exposure would. After a large dose, it would take 6 - 8 days for the first signs to show up, and couple days after that before it was truly noticeable. Which is about the time frame after I accidentally dumped those old barley straw bales out there. He also said that while the ergotted seeds may have threshed out, they'd leave behind enough residue mold on the seed head to cause poisoning, even acute poisoning. In hay/straw it only takes a few parts per billion to cause gradual poisoning. Acute levels are only a few more parts per billion. And just for further interests sake, he told me its never been proven that ergot poisoning causes anything more than very low levels of abortions in animals. Some of his texts state it causes abortions, other say there is no evidence to support this. He personally has never seen ergot poisoning cause abortions, but he's also never alot of ergot poisoning up here. Rod [/QUOTE]
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