From: tatiana Stanton (graze-l_at_witt.ac.nz)
Date: 04/12/04

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Hi Folks,
         just a reminder on feeding baleage that newborn kids with erupting 
teeth are extremely susceptible to listeria in their environment.  You want 
to be extremely confident in the pH and moisture of your baleage if you 
risk feeding it at kidding etc.  Almost everyone I know who feeds baleage 
on a regular basis has lost an animal or two to listeria attributed to 
baleage feeding.  Unfortunately, I know of two farms that lost numerous 
kids (70+) at kidding from baleage that looked and tasted beautiful and 
turned out to be prime for listeria. tatiana

At 02:03 PM 4/5/2004 -0400, Early Morning Organic Farm wrote:
>I'm wondering if anyone has experience feeding baylage, or haylage, to 
>sheep and goats.  My father (an ag bag dealer) is trying to convince me it 
>is the best way to feed in the winter.  Hay bales are certainly more 
>convenient for us, but if the feed quality is that superior, I might be 
>willing to consider it.
>
>Thanks,
>Laurie
>Early Morning Organic Farm
>Genoa, NY
>

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