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<blockquote data-quote="OwnedByTheCow" data-source="post: 1140413" data-attributes="member: 22477"><p>To answer your question.Sulfur is an important component of many functions in the body and is an essential nutrient for beef cattle. It is an important part of the amino acids methionine, cysteine, and cystine. The B-vitamins thiamine and biotin also contain sulfur. Rumen microbes (Cattle) require sulfur for their normal growth and metabolism. A major portion of the sulfur found in typical feedlot diets is a component of the natural protein and most practical diets are adequate in sulfur.</p><p>Elemental sulfur is considered one of the least toxic minerals; however, hydrogen sulfide, a product of sulfate metabolism in the rumen, is as toxic as cyanide (NRC, 2000). The manifestation of sulfur toxicity in feedlot cattle is often a condition called polioencephalomalacia (PEM) which is characterized by necrosis of the cerebral cortex. Symptoms of the condition include blindness, poor coordination, lethargy, and seizures. Very often affected cattle are observed standing in the corner of the pen like a saw horse with all four feet spread to the extreme corners of their body (Figure 1). Pen riders, doctors, and other feedlot personnel often refer to cattle exhibiting these signs as ?brainers.? This colorful name is appropriate when one considers that PEM literally means softening (malacia) of the gray matter (polio) of the brain (encephalo). </p><p></p><p>No, I am not sure of the sulfur level is in my state. It is also in grain, grass, and water.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OwnedByTheCow, post: 1140413, member: 22477"] To answer your question.Sulfur is an important component of many functions in the body and is an essential nutrient for beef cattle. It is an important part of the amino acids methionine, cysteine, and cystine. The B-vitamins thiamine and biotin also contain sulfur. Rumen microbes (Cattle) require sulfur for their normal growth and metabolism. A major portion of the sulfur found in typical feedlot diets is a component of the natural protein and most practical diets are adequate in sulfur. Elemental sulfur is considered one of the least toxic minerals; however, hydrogen sulfide, a product of sulfate metabolism in the rumen, is as toxic as cyanide (NRC, 2000). The manifestation of sulfur toxicity in feedlot cattle is often a condition called polioencephalomalacia (PEM) which is characterized by necrosis of the cerebral cortex. Symptoms of the condition include blindness, poor coordination, lethargy, and seizures. Very often affected cattle are observed standing in the corner of the pen like a saw horse with all four feet spread to the extreme corners of their body (Figure 1). Pen riders, doctors, and other feedlot personnel often refer to cattle exhibiting these signs as ?brainers.? This colorful name is appropriate when one considers that PEM literally means softening (malacia) of the gray matter (polio) of the brain (encephalo). No, I am not sure of the sulfur level is in my state. It is also in grain, grass, and water. [/QUOTE]
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