
11/26/07, 12:54 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Austin-ish, Texas
Posts: 5,000
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Will cattle range meal hurt my llamas?
(I also posted this in the llama sticky thread)
I need to set out some range meal this winter to help my cattle stay in good condition now that the grass is losing protein content. Here is the ingredient list:
processed grain by-products, salt, roughage products, grain products, molasses, urea, calcium carbonate, forage products, plant protein products, vit A supplement, cobalt carbonate, manganese sulfate, ethylenediamine dihydriodide, animal fat preserved with ethoxyquin, zinc sulfate, copper chloride, mineral oil, magnesium oxide. Conatins 12% roughage products and is ruminant meat and bone meal free.
Crude protein is 15%
Crude fat is minimum 1%
Crude fiber max is 11%
calcium minimum is 1.25%, max is 1.75%
Phosphorus minimum is .6%
salt minimum is 23%, max is 27.5%
potassium minimum is .9%
selenium minimum is .3 PPM
vitamin A minimum is 15.000 iu/lb
The high salt concentration works to limit the daily intake of the feed. For cattle, the normal daily intake ranges from 2 to 3 lbs/ head.
I have a feeling my llamas may ignore it altogether, but if they do eat it I need to make sure that it won't make them ill or worse.
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