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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1655813" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>About 20 years ago, my brother stockpiled a field of KY-31 fescue (endophyte type) in the fall. The field had been heavily fertilized with chicken litter and was extremely "good". Tuned the cows on it and a few days later, there were major problems with lameness. Removed them and most seemed to recover. One cow had chronic lameness the rest of her life. Another was so bad. She was moved to a stall in the barn, barely able to walk. No feeling in her rear feet. No response to a needle inserted just above the hoof. A short time later, she "shed" the hoof covering on one claw. She was slaughtered. Seems that stockpiled fescue and heavily fertilized fescue are more prone to cause fescue foot. The endophyte restricts blood circulation to the extremities. In this severe case, apparently causing severe tissue damage/death of that tissue.</p><p>Anyone else experience fescue foot to this extent?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1655813, member: 40418"] About 20 years ago, my brother stockpiled a field of KY-31 fescue (endophyte type) in the fall. The field had been heavily fertilized with chicken litter and was extremely "good". Tuned the cows on it and a few days later, there were major problems with lameness. Removed them and most seemed to recover. One cow had chronic lameness the rest of her life. Another was so bad. She was moved to a stall in the barn, barely able to walk. No feeling in her rear feet. No response to a needle inserted just above the hoof. A short time later, she "shed" the hoof covering on one claw. She was slaughtered. Seems that stockpiled fescue and heavily fertilized fescue are more prone to cause fescue foot. The endophyte restricts blood circulation to the extremities. In this severe case, apparently causing severe tissue damage/death of that tissue. Anyone else experience fescue foot to this extent? [/QUOTE]
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