Specialized Nutritional Products for the Livestock Industry

Problems Which Can Frequently Be Related to Nutrition
by Myra Bamberger - from Agribusiness Dairyman
As printed in United Caprine News / July 1996
reprinted from REDGA Goat Notes
 
 

Paralytic Problems:

Problems:                                                                             Possible nutritional answers:
Milk Fever                                                                               Ca/Phos. Ratio; Vit. D; inorganic sulfate
Downer milk fever                                                                    The above + magnesium
Grass tetany                                                                             Magnesium
Knuckling fetlocks, weak hindlegs                                             Vitamin E, Selenium, Copper
Nerve loss                                                                                Copper
Ataxia                                                                                       Copper, copper-molybdenum

Problems:                                                                              Possible nutritional answers:
Retained placentas, metritis                                                      Copper, zinc, selenium, vitamin E
Lack of estrus                                                                          Copper, zinc, selenium, vitamin E
Tailess sperm in semen                                                             Selenium
Lack of libido                                                                          Copper-molybdenum

Problems:                                                                              Possible nutritional answers:
Hoof Rot                                                                                Copper, iodine
Abnormal hoof growth                                                            Copper
Soft hoof growth                                                                     Copper
Swollen fetlocks                                                                      Copper
Laminitis                                                                                  High rumen acid upsets copper absorption
Hairy wart resistance                                                               Copper (nutrition), formaldehyde (foot bath)

Intestinal Problems:

Problems:                                                                              Possible nutritional answers:
High somatic cell count                                                            Copper, zinc, selenium, Vitamin E
Ketosis                                                                                   Copper, inorganic sulfate
White muscle disease                                                              Selenium
Pneumonia                                                                              Copper, zinc, selenium, Vitamin E
Heart abnormalities                                                                 Copper, selenium, magnesium
Anemia                                                                                   Iron, copper, cobalt
Tongue lolling                                                                         Copper
Retarded growth                                                                    Copper, molybdenum
Sudden death                                                                         Copper, selenium, grease & nitrate
Off-flavor milk                                                                        High iron (feed or water; Vitamin E
High culling rate                                                                      Poor mineral nutrition program
Fat cow syndrome                                                                 Copper, inorganic sulfate
Hair off color, no bloom                                                         Copper, selenium