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Is there any relatively easy treatment for acorn toxicity?
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<blockquote data-quote="BC" data-source="post: 1716923" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>This is an old recipe I got years ago from the County Agent:</p><p>If a producer is concerned about acorn poisoning in his herd, the following ration can be fed to cattle at 3-4 lb/head/day for adult cattle (1-2 lb/head/day for calves): </p><p></p><p>– 44% cottonseed or soybean meal,</p><p>– 40% dehydrated alfalfa meal, corn or cotton seed hulls,</p><p>– 6% vegetable oil or molasses and</p><p>– 10% hydrated lime </p><p></p><p>The goal is to get cows to consume around 0.4 pound of hydrated lime per day. The use of molasses or vegetable oil is important to keep the hydrated lime from settling out of the ration and to increase palatability. Cattle that are not commonly fed grain should be slowly acclimated to consuming the full ration. In addition to the abovementioned supplementation, providing cattle with additional food sources will cause them to be less likely to search for acorns while grazing short pasture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BC, post: 1716923, member: 67"] This is an old recipe I got years ago from the County Agent: If a producer is concerned about acorn poisoning in his herd, the following ration can be fed to cattle at 3-4 lb/head/day for adult cattle (1-2 lb/head/day for calves): – 44% cottonseed or soybean meal, – 40% dehydrated alfalfa meal, corn or cotton seed hulls, – 6% vegetable oil or molasses and – 10% hydrated lime The goal is to get cows to consume around 0.4 pound of hydrated lime per day. The use of molasses or vegetable oil is important to keep the hydrated lime from settling out of the ration and to increase palatability. Cattle that are not commonly fed grain should be slowly acclimated to consuming the full ration. In addition to the abovementioned supplementation, providing cattle with additional food sources will cause them to be less likely to search for acorns while grazing short pasture. [/QUOTE]
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