Show EFFICIENT FEEDING FM ato LIVESTOCK 9 pi by dr itus professor of husbandry Valver sity of 0 beware of moldy feed at As we to go into the winter teed feed ing season reason we are apt to meet a problem ir eblem that we hardly think 1 of dew when hen CA cattle atle and other livestock are aure on pasture 8 llila ja id moldy feed whether allege adage hay or or grain in the th caso caad of adage ilage fl we way may find and gift pink white or green n molds and the question is are they poisonous tests testa made with cows and guinea pigs feeding each 0 these molda 01 have hav shown that while fl moldy silage of 0 this sort lowered the palatability and nutrition on n ufa teat al value of the silage it was waa not poisonous whether this is true undo under all circumstances is still eull a question we do know that some investigations have rave revealed certain species of mold that t have proved toxic sheep and horses are more susceptible able to bad effects from moldy and musty feed than are cattle and hogs one particular mold or fungus is scab as we have it in scabbed barley also in oats and corn this fungus Gibbe reUa Sau binettii causes vo vomiting g in s single 1 stomached d ian eun begat ven ami anjil a animals a such ch a as bogs and even in horses for some reason scabbed grain does doea not a affect ruminants or chickens animals with a compound digestive alg estive tract cornstalk corn Com stalk poison poisoning ine is something that worries a good many farmers farmer using cattle to clean up a corn field after the do ears have been Parve harvested this tha pt nuy may 04 occur after W prolonged dr dry spell especially after a field p planted an a to corn IMA been heavily nitrogen fertilized the rapid nitrification la in the soil and subsequently in fis the tb corn plant can produce cases of poisoning one ona thing should be ba kept la in mind the danger a from different forms forma of po poisoning ning whether molds prussic acids acid or nitrate oad and the like can be reduced by supplementary feeding in tle th barn or in suitable mutable racks in the field supplementing 6 plem with good quality blage or hay k keean dawn e a an ca cattle t from got getting ns too hungry and ea eager get to fill all V up on forage of questionable qu quo aon lity ty close observation of the tha live liva took stock is i also in order symptoms of corn stalk poisoning ore are unsteady gait difficulty ty in breathing trembling and diw pu cular spasms s can treated w beed od 0 grain bo be made ado for feeding it Is aber war not to u us such mich pea need at all for feed faed i at umes times repeated washing of tha gre grain in has been done in un an attempt tem pt to remove the pov poison of 91 ethyl me mercury phosphate hoe ph a 1 or other full fungicide e but ut washings c cannot w mot be b e ol 01 depended ep e nv em on to te remove m m al all 1 of f t impregnated the lh poison in treated seed year a as ago some dane county wa wisconsin cows were mcw merely by reusing re using the hags of 04 baich asheh treated seed for h handling teed feed |