Of all of the minerals we work with in livestock production, selenium has the narrowest tolerance between deficiency and toxicity. And when you add that we know very little about the actual amount in most of the forages and browse that our animals eat, it sometimes looks like we’re playing Russian Roulette when we add […]
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The answer to his question has many aspects to it. Cattle do have some level of what is referred to as “nutritional wisdom” in that when they have a nutrient deficiency, they will seek out sources of food that may have higher levels of the deficiency nutrient, or nutrients, than other sources. Humans have this,
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The principle of limiting factors is that performance will be constrained by the required factor that is present in the least amount. One good analogy is a old wooden barrel with staves of different height. The barrel can hold only as much water as the shortest stave. This principle works in nutrition in a similar
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As fall approaches, many of you will be selecting your replacement females to grow and develop to be future producers. How well you do this can be a great influence on the future profitability of your livestock operation. Growing and developing your replacement females is more difficult and requires a better nutritional program than running
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