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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 875640" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>I've never had a problem with acorn poisoning in my own cattle - but mine are fenced out of the woods and don't have access to any ground with any significant number of oaks during the time of year when acorns would be dropping.</p><p>I used to see the cows on the farm back home in AL, where they had the run of the whole place including the woods, rooting through the leaves for those tiny little water oak acorns. Doubt that they ever were able to get enough of them to cause a problem - but these big ol' white oak and bur oak acorns? That's another creature altogether. I've got some bur oaks that produce acorns that'll run in the 6-8/lb range - with the cap removed.</p><p></p><p>Regardless of whether I've had any in my own cattle, I've seen enough cases in my veterinary career to know that acorns can be a problem some years on some farms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 875640, member: 12607"] I've never had a problem with acorn poisoning in my own cattle - but mine are fenced out of the woods and don't have access to any ground with any significant number of oaks during the time of year when acorns would be dropping. I used to see the cows on the farm back home in AL, where they had the run of the whole place including the woods, rooting through the leaves for those tiny little water oak acorns. Doubt that they ever were able to get enough of them to cause a problem - but these big ol' white oak and bur oak acorns? That's another creature altogether. I've got some bur oaks that produce acorns that'll run in the 6-8/lb range - with the cap removed. Regardless of whether I've had any in my own cattle, I've seen enough cases in my veterinary career to know that acorns can be a problem some years on some farms. [/QUOTE]
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