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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1389146" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>The "acorn poisoning" that the farmers talk about here in cattle does result in scoury type stools and it is usually dark brown, almost brownish black. I am not sure of what type of acorns or if all the types cause this, I just know that we had one that the vet said years ago had acorn poisoning, and have seen it at the stockyards in some sad looking cattle occasionally in the fall. I am not even sure if it is the tannic acid from the acorns or the fact that they are very sharp and have been known to cause irritation and maybe even puncturing the digestive tract. Never had to deal with it in Conn. when I was growing up...but only had a couple of horses and chickens as a kid. All I know is that we are careful to keep the cows out of the woods until winter when they would rather eat hay than try to scrounge in the woods.</p><p>Maybe one of the vets on here can explain it???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1389146, member: 25884"] The "acorn poisoning" that the farmers talk about here in cattle does result in scoury type stools and it is usually dark brown, almost brownish black. I am not sure of what type of acorns or if all the types cause this, I just know that we had one that the vet said years ago had acorn poisoning, and have seen it at the stockyards in some sad looking cattle occasionally in the fall. I am not even sure if it is the tannic acid from the acorns or the fact that they are very sharp and have been known to cause irritation and maybe even puncturing the digestive tract. Never had to deal with it in Conn. when I was growing up...but only had a couple of horses and chickens as a kid. All I know is that we are careful to keep the cows out of the woods until winter when they would rather eat hay than try to scrounge in the woods. Maybe one of the vets on here can explain it??? [/QUOTE]
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