Re: Re: EPM in feeds?

["owens" <owensall@sierranet.net>]

So, do I take it I need to worry about the birds that are constantly trying
to get the oats out of my oat hay in the pole barn?
Katee


>In a message dated 2/21/00 10:15:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>sbrown@wamedes.com writes:
>
><< When considering everything
> she was being fed, and the inability to control the birds, I could see how
> contamination could happen to the bagged feed supplements also.  I don't
> know if they've documented contamination via that route since it would be
> tough to prove unless they actually isolated the protozoa in the feed
> itself.  I'd be interested in how they processed the feed?  High
> temperatures?  That, it seems, would do harm to the nutrients while
killing
> off only one small microcosm of contamination in a world where
> contamination is possible in so many different ways. >>
>
>Yes, contaminated grain as a source of infection has been demonstrated, and
>for those who live in areas with no opossums, it is pretty much the ONLY
>source of the infection.
>
>It does not take much heat to kill S. neurona in the grain--the simple act
of
>steam rolliing will do it, according to the folks who study the bug.  I
agree
>that a complete "cooking" process could be "overkill" but steam rolling is
a
>pretty minimal thing and is also pretty commonly done.  You're right that
>when you live around opossums it's impossible to eliminate the problem, but
>for those of us who don't, feeding local hay and not feeding any grains
that
>aren't at least steam rolled is a pretty simple way to pretty much
eliminate
>exposure.
>
>Heidi
>
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