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princesspiggy

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magnesium
« on: December 13, 2010, 06:43:54 pm »
i got calf rearer from harbros,which stated on ticket - " contains magnesium - do not feed to entire animals. " whats the story with that?

f3rr3tt

  • Joined Nov 2010
  • cumbria
Re: magnesium
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2010, 10:30:16 pm »
I THINK ITS BECAUSE TOO MUCH MAGNESIUM MAKES THEM IMPOTANT

princesspiggy

  • Guest
Re: magnesium
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2010, 09:40:47 am »
oh ! :-[

sabrina

  • Joined Nov 2008
Re: magnesium
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2010, 12:44:23 pm »
Now I never knew that !! :o

landroverroy

  • Joined Oct 2010
Re: magnesium
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2010, 04:33:28 pm »
It's not exactly that it makes them impotent (or it would be an easy way of castrating). But in entire animals it makes them much more prone to developing kidney stones, which is extremely painful and difficult to treat. So the usual outcome is slaughter. We had it in a pedigree Ryeland ram and it is not nice to see. Always make sure they have plenty of water, which reduces the likelihood of it happening.
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VSS

  • Joined Jan 2009
  • Pen Llyn
    • Viable Self Sufficiency.co.uk
Re: magnesium
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2010, 11:21:15 am »
Roy is right. High levels of magnesium in feeds make the devolpment of urinary calculi much more likely so check the magnesium levels in feeds for entire animals.
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