Grass Tetany - Lucky/TexasBred

[inyati13]

Big thanks to all. I am going shopping for a different mineral. My cows are doing well but can always do better. I do have an occasional case of Foot Rot that is mild and goes away with treatment. I wonder if I am missing something in the mineral that is causing that. None of my cows retained the placenta so good there.

Nesikep

Your response gets the GOLD STAR. Where is TexasBred? I was hoping he would say more.

I am having the vet out to trim two of my cows feet in another couple weeks. I think I will have him test both of those cows for minerals. I will confess, nutrition is not an exciting topic. I would rather talk about snakes and religion. :lol: But I need to get right with the Lord on this subject.

Tom

That was excellent seeing exactly where those lower numbers are.

TexasBred

Come back, you are the nutrition specialist!

 

[dun]

Big thanks to all. I am going shopping for a different mineral. My cows are doing well but can always do better. I do have a occasional case of Fot Rot that is mild and goes away with treatment. I wonder if I am missing something in the mineral that is causing that. Non of my cows retained the placenta so good there.

The CTC isn;t for footrot. It's to help mitigate somewhat the effects of the endophyte. There are differences of opinion on if it really helps or not. We haven;t had a case footrot in years, but we've been using CTC in the minerals for long before that. The few cases of footrot that we have had have all been while the cows were on one particular pasture.

 

[inyati13]

Big thanks to all. I am going shopping for a different mineral. My cows are doing well but can always do better. I do have a occasional case of Fot Rot that is mild and goes away with treatment. I wonder if I am missing something in the mineral that is causing that. Non of my cows retained the placenta so good there.

The CTC isn;t for footrot. It's to help mitigate somewhat the effects of the endophyte. There are differences of opinion on if it really helps or not. We haven;t had a case footrot in years, but we've been using CTC in the minerals for long before that. The few cases of footrot that we have had have all been while the cows were on one particular pasture.

Now that is very interesting. Each time I have put a couple cows in the pen where that old barn is located is when they have picked up foot rot. I have wondered if there is a bacteria in the soil of that old barn.

 

[dun]

Now that is very interesting. Each time I have put a couple cows in the pen where that old barn is located is when they have picked up foot rot. I have wondered if there is a bacteria in the soil of that old barn.

We've never stopped using that pasture but it was 4-5 years ago the last time we had footrot.

 

[TexasBred]

TexasBred is invited to explain how he avoids this from happening as he stated he recommends putting out both.

In my case, my loose mineral provides both salt (sodium chloride) and the other minerals, so I follow my vets advice and do not put out salt.

It's very simple Inyati. You buy a mineral with things in it to encourage consumption. Most companies down her use cottonseed meal, DDG, dried molasses as well as some wet molasses. It's not rocket surgery as AC says.

 

[TexasBred]

TexasBred

Come back, you are the nutrition specialist!

lol, Inyati, make a note. You'll seldom if ever see me on here after 6:00 PM and never at 4 AM. :lol: :lol:

 

[BobbyLummus]

I posted recently about having an issue getting cows to consume minerals . I stocked a pasture last year with commercial sale barn cows from local auction . Some were thin and/or older . I tried different brands of high mag/ grazing minerals for 3-4 months with no results . I pulled the salt licks ( had dozens everywhere) and last time I checked mineral barrel it was close to empty

 

[inyati13]

I posted recently about having an issue getting cows to consume minerals . I stocked a pasture last year with commercial sale barn cows from local auction . Some were thin and/or older . I tried different brands of high mag/ grazing minerals for 3-4 months with no results . I pulled the salt licks ( had dozens everywhere) and last time I checked mineral barrel it was close to empty

That was the vet's point. They will concentrate on the white salt and not get enough of the minerals. I don't know who is right on that issue but I did read the literature with my mineral and it did not say one way or the other how you were to do it!

 

[inyati13]

TexasBred

Come back, you are the nutrition specialist!

lol, Inyati, make a note. You'll seldom if ever see me on here after 6:00 PM and never at 4 AM. :lol: :lol:

You lazy bum! ;-)

 

[inyati13]

I posted recently about having an issue getting cows to consume minerals . I stocked a pasture last year with commercial sale barn cows from local auction . Some were thin and/or older . I tried different brands of high mag/ grazing minerals for 3-4 months with no results . I pulled the salt licks ( had dozens everywhere) and last time I checked mineral barrel it was close to empty

Where are you at? Are you in an intense grass tetany area? I have read that grass tetany is rare in the west?

 

[Nesikep]

I know my cows LOVE salt, especially in the summer.. I would not be able to afford to give them just mineral at 20% salt content, I give them salt with 20% mineral content and they seem to do quite well on that... first year I didn't have a single retained placenta here!

 

[BobbyLummus]

South Carolina , My pastures are mostly fescue with some clover and summer grass , according to clemson extension grass tetany can be a problem locally

 

[cow pollinater]

I have read that grass tetany is rare in the west?

Diagnosis of grass tetany is rare but grass tetany is not rare... most of us know what it is and when to look for it and handle it ahead of time. Lately it has not rained enough for it to be a problem.