Dear Russ,
It may be that bloat has been solved in the US, however there are many of us
from other parts of the world who do graze and who have had to deal with
this problem in a variety of ways when poloxalene or rumensin is too
inconvenient or too expensive to use. I benefited greatly from this last
string in new solutions to an old problem.
Ian's insight into soil fertility is very interesting. Any comments on the
effects of herbaceous plants such as plantago or Rumex in decreasing the
risk of bloat?
Thanks for all the input!
Liliana Sotomayor, DVM
Quito, Ecuador
whitsot@uio.satnet.net
-----Original Message-----
From: graze-l-admin@witt.ac.nz [mailto:graze-l-admin@witt.ac.nz]On
Behalf Of Russ Thompson
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 3:59 PM
To: graze-l@witt.ac.nz
Subject: Re: [Graze-l] Bloat
> My old friend bloat. I can remember those wonderful days of missing out
> on meals day after day watching 180 of 200 cows float across the fence
> lines blown up like balloons. It was one of our worst problems and part
> of the reason we moved into organics. If the grass was green any stock
> type was prone to blow. One year we dried the cows off a month early
> just to have a break from chasing bloat.
> So for my 2 cents worth.!!!
*** Personaly I am surprised to see this discussion on bloat. I had thought
that this was a long ago solved problem. At least for Americans.
Russ Thompson
Rogue Jerseys
Richland Center, WI
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