Here is something I have learned from bitter experience.
If your cattle are on fast growing spring(or sometimes fall) forage most ranchers know there is a danger of grass tetany.Especialy if there is no mature grass with it.My theory is that younger cows(many times) may
get enough magnesium to maintain themselves but do not pass enough through in their milk to keep the calf healthy.It seems to manifest its self about the time the calf starts to eat grass.At first they will have a watery green diarrhea leading to dehydration.Many times electrolytes will bring them out of it but if they don't get the magnesium they can go down and eventualy die.
To avoid this we start a mag.,di-cal,salt,molasses mix a couple of wks. befor calving untill the calves are about 2 months old.
If your cattle are on fast growing spring(or sometimes fall) forage most ranchers know there is a danger of grass tetany.Especialy if there is no mature grass with it.My theory is that younger cows(many times) may
get enough magnesium to maintain themselves but do not pass enough through in their milk to keep the calf healthy.It seems to manifest its self about the time the calf starts to eat grass.At first they will have a watery green diarrhea leading to dehydration.Many times electrolytes will bring them out of it but if they don't get the magnesium they can go down and eventualy die.
To avoid this we start a mag.,di-cal,salt,molasses mix a couple of wks. befor calving untill the calves are about 2 months old.