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<blockquote data-quote="rk" data-source="post: 462876" data-attributes="member: 2993"><p>Some more thoughts on this one......cattle do seem to crave salt..to an extent. I've more often seen salt use to encourage consumption of mineral rather than limit it. They also will seek phosphorus when they are short, but consumption will go down when a higher phos mineral is offered. </p><p>To each his own, I guess, but I've never seen any kind of a well-formulated mineral on a that needs salt added to it on a regular basis to lower consumption. I have seen situations where cattle consume quite a bit more than recommended (usually 3-4 oz). This can result from being mineral deficient, possibly from only having a mineral that is unpalatable, or no mineral at all. Offer a palatable mineral in this situation and I've seen cows hit it pretty hard, but they'll eventually slow down to an appropriate consumption, usually within about 2-4 weeks. It seems like offering a mineral of low palatability is sometimes like offering no mineral at all. I've also seen high mineral consumption when grass is extremely lush.....so lush cows are simply "hungry" for dry matter. Offer a bale of hay and mineral consumtion will go down. </p><p>Some may add salt to slow consumption, which is fine if that's what they want, I guess. I do firmly believe low/no consumption is much bigger problem than otherwise and anything that can encourage consumption is a positive, even at the expense of temporary overconsumption.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rk, post: 462876, member: 2993"] Some more thoughts on this one......cattle do seem to crave salt..to an extent. I've more often seen salt use to encourage consumption of mineral rather than limit it. They also will seek phosphorus when they are short, but consumption will go down when a higher phos mineral is offered. To each his own, I guess, but I've never seen any kind of a well-formulated mineral on a that needs salt added to it on a regular basis to lower consumption. I have seen situations where cattle consume quite a bit more than recommended (usually 3-4 oz). This can result from being mineral deficient, possibly from only having a mineral that is unpalatable, or no mineral at all. Offer a palatable mineral in this situation and I've seen cows hit it pretty hard, but they'll eventually slow down to an appropriate consumption, usually within about 2-4 weeks. It seems like offering a mineral of low palatability is sometimes like offering no mineral at all. I've also seen high mineral consumption when grass is extremely lush.....so lush cows are simply "hungry" for dry matter. Offer a bale of hay and mineral consumtion will go down. Some may add salt to slow consumption, which is fine if that's what they want, I guess. I do firmly believe low/no consumption is much bigger problem than otherwise and anything that can encourage consumption is a positive, even at the expense of temporary overconsumption. [/QUOTE]
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