Re: Trace elements and TB

In message <1135968743.13102.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jill <newsNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes 
Jim Webster wrote:

selenium. So if selenium was a problem, then surely high yielding
dairy herds would be the least likely to be effected by Selenium.

Are companies selling mineral supplements going through a hard time
at the moment?


Was there not something quite recently about taking out some of the
supplements like selenium in feeds?
I cannot for the life of me remember where I saw it - or whether it was only
some feeds. Costs and regulations come to mind as reasons
I am in the middle of completely reorganising my office so can find NOTHING

Selenium is still part of the mineral mix I use for home feed production. I don't know of any enhanced TB susceptibility but low levels of Selenium in dams was suggested as a possible cause of eye defects in bought in calves.

If you had to kill Badgers with a shotgun I suppose SSG rounds (9 pellets) or buckshot would be effective and certainly more humane than using a rifle on a moving target at night.

I use ammonium sulphate on cereals but not grass.

regards 
!!!!



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Tim Lamb
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