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Regenerative Agriculture and Direct Drilling
Holistic Farming
"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Blaithin" data-source="post: 7154379" data-attributes="member: 5764"><p>Think its Pen State University that’s got the good study in rumen development. It’s a study about grain improving rumen development early however what it’s really saying is starch boosts development. Always made me wonder if feeding something like potatoes would get similar results.</p><p></p><p>End of the day, if your calf is on milk for 6 months it doesn’t really matter if it’s rumen develops more naturally. It’s the early weaned calves that really benefit by an early functioning rumen.</p><p></p><p>I would like to see longevity studies done on these boosted rumen calves. We know grains/starches change the pH of the rumen. We know a great, quick increase can lead to acidosis and that prolonged low pH can eat away the stomach lining allowing bacteria into the blood. This is why liver abscesses are so predominant in grain finished animals. So what is the longevity of an animal pushed early with these feeds that stimulate that level of pH.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blaithin, post: 7154379, member: 5764"] Think its Pen State University that’s got the good study in rumen development. It’s a study about grain improving rumen development early however what it’s really saying is starch boosts development. Always made me wonder if feeding something like potatoes would get similar results. End of the day, if your calf is on milk for 6 months it doesn’t really matter if it’s rumen develops more naturally. It’s the early weaned calves that really benefit by an early functioning rumen. I would like to see longevity studies done on these boosted rumen calves. We know grains/starches change the pH of the rumen. We know a great, quick increase can lead to acidosis and that prolonged low pH can eat away the stomach lining allowing bacteria into the blood. This is why liver abscesses are so predominant in grain finished animals. So what is the longevity of an animal pushed early with these feeds that stimulate that level of pH. [/QUOTE]
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