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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 498948" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p>Well Professor, since you apparently failed the course as evidenced by this idiotic post it seems you need further instruction and since you don't believe me I'll cut and paste some research information for you to read. Study it. You can't learn by osmosis. </p><p></p><p><strong>Cows should be kept on a low calcium diet while they are dry (not lactating).</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>This stimulates their calcium regulatory system to keep the blood levels normal by mobilising the body stores of calcium from the bone. When the demand for calcium increases at calving, calcium can then be mobilised much more rapidly from bone than from the feed therefore preventing milk fever.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Research has shown that cows with low blood magnesium levels have a greater chance of getting milk fever. There is evidence to suggest that a magnesium supplement such as magnesium oxide, will also help prevent milk fever. Magnesium oxide should be fed at the rate of 50g per cow per day, from at least 10 days prior to calving. Then feed a calcium supplement after calving to prevent further problems at 50g calcium/cow/day. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Another preventative treatment has been developed using anionic salts. This appears to work well when it is possible to formulate the total ration that the cow eats, eg; housed cows. A metabolic acidosis is created in the animal by feeding the anionic salts. <em>This aids the absorption of calcium from bone to meet requirements after calving. </em>In pasture based systems this is not easily achieved because of the variation of anion and cation levels in different pastures. The effect of anionic salts, which are generally unpalatable, in this situation is questionable but in some cases may be effective.</strong></p><p></p><p>Now either go back to school and take some post graduate coures in animal nutrition and quit posting idiotic information to the board. As for the Purina mineral, Vitamin D is insignificant in most minerals as well as feeds. Most animals and humans manufacture enough Vitamin D from sunlight to meet their daily needs. Personally in an ideal situation for my "close up" cows I'd feed a mineral with a 1:2 calcium/phos ratio. Now go figure that out. :dunce:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 498948, member: 6897"] Well Professor, since you apparently failed the course as evidenced by this idiotic post it seems you need further instruction and since you don't believe me I'll cut and paste some research information for you to read. Study it. You can't learn by osmosis. [b]Cows should be kept on a low calcium diet while they are dry (not lactating). This stimulates their calcium regulatory system to keep the blood levels normal by mobilising the body stores of calcium from the bone. When the demand for calcium increases at calving, calcium can then be mobilised much more rapidly from bone than from the feed therefore preventing milk fever. Research has shown that cows with low blood magnesium levels have a greater chance of getting milk fever. There is evidence to suggest that a magnesium supplement such as magnesium oxide, will also help prevent milk fever. Magnesium oxide should be fed at the rate of 50g per cow per day, from at least 10 days prior to calving. Then feed a calcium supplement after calving to prevent further problems at 50g calcium/cow/day. Another preventative treatment has been developed using anionic salts. This appears to work well when it is possible to formulate the total ration that the cow eats, eg; housed cows. A metabolic acidosis is created in the animal by feeding the anionic salts. [i]This aids the absorption of calcium from bone to meet requirements after calving. [/i]In pasture based systems this is not easily achieved because of the variation of anion and cation levels in different pastures. The effect of anionic salts, which are generally unpalatable, in this situation is questionable but in some cases may be effective.[/b] Now either go back to school and take some post graduate coures in animal nutrition and quit posting idiotic information to the board. As for the Purina mineral, Vitamin D is insignificant in most minerals as well as feeds. Most animals and humans manufacture enough Vitamin D from sunlight to meet their daily needs. Personally in an ideal situation for my "close up" cows I'd feed a mineral with a 1:2 calcium/phos ratio. Now go figure that out. :dunce: [/QUOTE]
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