with all the rain and some sun . Clover has grown well in pasture . Only trouble is the cows eat it too fast and get a reaction in stomoch called bloat . There's a drench or solution you can spray on pasture . But at times this isn't enough . This cow was seconds from dieing before it was stabbed In stomoch to relieve pressure . They recover and fine after 2 or 3 days .,
Or a farmer these days . If I posted this pic on Facebook . Imagined all the leftards, vegans saying how cruel dairy farming is .. Sheesh. http://m.beefmagazine.com/health/vets-opinion/0601-preventing-pasture-bloat
-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Thursday 13th of October 2016 12:23:39 PM
Just to add a it of info , A horse has only one stomach so it eats and digests, but a cow has two stomachs certain very rich grasses like clover and Lucerne, high in gases are gorged into the first stomach to be "coughed up" later hence the term chewing the cud. The gases in the first stomach "" blow up"" hence the need to release this gas before the beast dies.
Cows have 4 stomachs . Grass stagers is lack of magnesium. Usually a few weeks after calving . Milk fever is lack of calcium . Usually first few weeks after calving .. Trouble is Spring grass maybe plenty full but no guts in it . Why some farmers feed Haylage . Bit like mashed potato with salad . Lol
It's all tech now with balance off potash, phosphates, Nitogen etc .. In soils . Treating the reason rather than disease !! Some over sow with chicory ( beat type plant ) high in protein . Hey can reduce milk production . Mind you dead cows can do that too. We've had half the heard with bloat years back ., 150 out of 300 odd ! Talk about panic !!' Last thing you want at start of milking season too. Any drop in production . They don't go back to production they did before !! So it's critical early in season to look after everything . Plenty of water supply etc .,
