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<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 161740" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>Deb,</p><p></p><p>Definitely ergot poisoning on that hoof. I've seen a few dozen pics of that kind of thing now. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>Where I've went so far is to completely stop feeding all my hay that could possibly have anything in it with a seed head such as quack grass or red top. I also stopped feeding from the oat bin I'd been feeding from. To be toxic in oats only requires .025% ergot, so my visual inspection may have missed it.</p><p></p><p>That doesn't leave me much, so I rolled up some barley and am feeding straw bales and borrowed hay bales to my calves until I can get the ringworm cleared up and get them shipped.</p><p></p><p>My bred cows appear to be ok, but they're eating hay that had some rain on it and came from a new field with no quackgrass. Unfortunately, that feed is almost gone. The feed store is supposed to come and core sample tomorrow, then send the samples off. It then takes 3 weeks to get the results back. I'll be nip and tuck for feed until then.</p><p></p><p>I'd recommend pulling them off whatever feed you're giving the animals until you can have it tested. If you've got straw, make them eat straw (almost no chance of ergot in straw,unless the combine didn't thresh it properly) for awhile until you definitely pinpoint the source.</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 161740, member: 2862"] Deb, Definitely ergot poisoning on that hoof. I've seen a few dozen pics of that kind of thing now. :( Where I've went so far is to completely stop feeding all my hay that could possibly have anything in it with a seed head such as quack grass or red top. I also stopped feeding from the oat bin I'd been feeding from. To be toxic in oats only requires .025% ergot, so my visual inspection may have missed it. That doesn't leave me much, so I rolled up some barley and am feeding straw bales and borrowed hay bales to my calves until I can get the ringworm cleared up and get them shipped. My bred cows appear to be ok, but they're eating hay that had some rain on it and came from a new field with no quackgrass. Unfortunately, that feed is almost gone. The feed store is supposed to come and core sample tomorrow, then send the samples off. It then takes 3 weeks to get the results back. I'll be nip and tuck for feed until then. I'd recommend pulling them off whatever feed you're giving the animals until you can have it tested. If you've got straw, make them eat straw (almost no chance of ergot in straw,unless the combine didn't thresh it properly) for awhile until you definitely pinpoint the source. Rod [/QUOTE]
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