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When you find a dead one, what happened?
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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1097112" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Lead poisoning</p><p>Polio</p><p>Magnesium deficiency</p><p>Plant poisoning/other poison</p><p></p><p>Sorry I can't see the video, connection can't handle the size. I have seen cattle in seizures before when we had a polio outbreak on one of my Waikato farms. The vets initially thought it must be some plant they'd eaten, apparently the symptoms are similar.</p><p>The ryegrass staggers down this way (South Taranaki) are worse than I've ever seen it since leaving the Waikato and getting worse daily - the cows are getting Mg supplemented but the last few days have seen a little bit of head nodding as well as the general excitability, nothing collapsing yet cross fingers it won't get that far... I may roll out some silage to dilute the grass if it does look like it's going that way. That's an aside, the symptoms of ryegrass staggers really aren't on a level with what you're describing.</p><p>If you can get some bags of Mag for injection to keep on hand, it sure doesn't do any harm to give one if you see these sort of signs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1097112, member: 9267"] Lead poisoning Polio Magnesium deficiency Plant poisoning/other poison Sorry I can't see the video, connection can't handle the size. I have seen cattle in seizures before when we had a polio outbreak on one of my Waikato farms. The vets initially thought it must be some plant they'd eaten, apparently the symptoms are similar. The ryegrass staggers down this way (South Taranaki) are worse than I've ever seen it since leaving the Waikato and getting worse daily - the cows are getting Mg supplemented but the last few days have seen a little bit of head nodding as well as the general excitability, nothing collapsing yet cross fingers it won't get that far... I may roll out some silage to dilute the grass if it does look like it's going that way. That's an aside, the symptoms of ryegrass staggers really aren't on a level with what you're describing. If you can get some bags of Mag for injection to keep on hand, it sure doesn't do any harm to give one if you see these sort of signs. [/QUOTE]
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