traveler004 said:
Usually I'll get mineral with bovatec in the spring but was thinking rumensin blocks would be more weather resistant and easier for a calf to have access to. We fight cocci so I like to have an ionophore for prevention but have never used blocks. Also, dumb question but would you put out salt blocks with rumensin blocks or is there salt in there. Thanks
I wintered pretty rough, was looking for rumensin in mineral for the increased feed efficiency. Guess they make it, but it's kinda bitter. Found some loose with bovatec, kinda a meal. But bovatec maybe ain't cleared for bovines?
Anyway, it's 1,000 a ton which is a little less that mineral i usually use. 3 oz per cow. 20% salt which probably cheapened it up. Cows ate it about right, calves i wintered are in smaller pasture, had to cut that some more with salt. Definitely could see difference in stool and increased appetite. For calves, i put it where they'd come in for water, had several yrs old straw in haywagon there free choice, they'd hit the straw most days.