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Getting extra calcium into ewes
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<blockquote data-quote="sheepwise" data-source="post: 7532463" data-attributes="member: 452"><p>This is interesting as if I'm correct, and sheep are like dairy cows, then the body is never actually short of calcium but can get lazy at absorbing it if on a calcium rich diet. Therefore dry cows fed low calcium diets become efficient absorbers and when moved on to a higher calcium diet at calving are less likely to be calcium deficient ie. get milk fever. So wondering if ewes on beet pre lambing become lazy absorbers and then when moved onto grass for lambing become deficient as they are unable to absorb enough calcium from the lower calcium grass. Thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sheepwise, post: 7532463, member: 452"] This is interesting as if I'm correct, and sheep are like dairy cows, then the body is never actually short of calcium but can get lazy at absorbing it if on a calcium rich diet. Therefore dry cows fed low calcium diets become efficient absorbers and when moved on to a higher calcium diet at calving are less likely to be calcium deficient ie. get milk fever. So wondering if ewes on beet pre lambing become lazy absorbers and then when moved onto grass for lambing become deficient as they are unable to absorb enough calcium from the lower calcium grass. Thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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