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<blockquote data-quote="novaman" data-source="post: 777066" data-attributes="member: 2744"><p>Just wanted to clarify that ionophores don't actually increase the digestibility, they simply allow the cattle to more efficiently digest the feed. I'm sure this is what you meant TB but wanted to make it more clear for anyone who didn't know that.</p><p></p><p>I find it terrible that anytime the word antibiotic comes up people automatically assume the worst. We as a society are being fed all this garbage that antibiotics are bad, bad, bad when in fact they are a very useful tool that is not often abused as so many are led to believe. If an ionophore is considered an antibiotic it is considered bad. The reality is ionophores are a VERY narrow spectrum antiobiotic that simply kills off less efficient bugs in the rumen, allowing for more efficient bugs to thrive. It is basically like culling the poor doers and building up the herd of better bugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novaman, post: 777066, member: 2744"] Just wanted to clarify that ionophores don't actually increase the digestibility, they simply allow the cattle to more efficiently digest the feed. I'm sure this is what you meant TB but wanted to make it more clear for anyone who didn't know that. I find it terrible that anytime the word antibiotic comes up people automatically assume the worst. We as a society are being fed all this garbage that antibiotics are bad, bad, bad when in fact they are a very useful tool that is not often abused as so many are led to believe. If an ionophore is considered an antibiotic it is considered bad. The reality is ionophores are a VERY narrow spectrum antiobiotic that simply kills off less efficient bugs in the rumen, allowing for more efficient bugs to thrive. It is basically like culling the poor doers and building up the herd of better bugs. [/QUOTE]
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