Source: SAMPSON INDEPENDENT, 11/30/21


Even though we have had some mild weather, I’m sure most of us are feeding hay or if you are not, soon will be. Most nitrate toxicity issues occur when producers are feeding hay. Some of you may be thinking I am beating a dead horse but I have already heard of a few dead cows that are assumed to be from nitrate issues. So, this week I thought we would have a refresher on the particulars of nitrate poisoning of livestock. Nitrate poisoning is caused when an animal consumes a feed source that is high in nitrates. In the animal’s stomach that nitrate is converted to nitrite.

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