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<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 161808" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>The oats would be an alarm for me, and I'd probably pull that. I don't know if corn can get ergot or not. I didn't see anything in my travels that indicated it could, but I wasn't looking for it either. Your local ag rep or elevator agent would be able to tell you for sure.</p><p></p><p>As far as what animal got it, I think it boils down to size (my two smallest calves got hit the hardest. Less body mass, so if they got a morsel of ergot it would "go" alot further) and possibly heart fitness. Ergot poisoning leads to a gradual restriction in the blood veins in the extremities and the reproductive organs, hence the reason it resembles freezing, and why the animals abort.</p><p></p><p>As far as the cows that didn't abort, my vet told me that the animal will eventually recover and return to normal (unless necrosis had set in on the extremity). I would have to believe that if the cow hadn't aborted, then pulling the feed has probably allowed you to dodge that bullet.</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 161808, member: 2862"] The oats would be an alarm for me, and I'd probably pull that. I don't know if corn can get ergot or not. I didn't see anything in my travels that indicated it could, but I wasn't looking for it either. Your local ag rep or elevator agent would be able to tell you for sure. As far as what animal got it, I think it boils down to size (my two smallest calves got hit the hardest. Less body mass, so if they got a morsel of ergot it would "go" alot further) and possibly heart fitness. Ergot poisoning leads to a gradual restriction in the blood veins in the extremities and the reproductive organs, hence the reason it resembles freezing, and why the animals abort. As far as the cows that didn't abort, my vet told me that the animal will eventually recover and return to normal (unless necrosis had set in on the extremity). I would have to believe that if the cow hadn't aborted, then pulling the feed has probably allowed you to dodge that bullet. Rod [/QUOTE]
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