Best Mineral?? Especiallly for popping

[trksonic]

What kind of free choice mineral do you feel is the best? Where can i find a good brand? I have  asteer with a recent popping issue and was hoping to start him on some mineral+selenium?? any ideas please?

 

[CAB]

There's no mineral that will solve a popping issue. That is a structural issue, not nutritional issue. JMO.

 

[justme]

BUT....there is a paste you can give...it has selinium in it and helps with the popping.  We got it at our elevator but Cann't remember the name.  It truely helped

 

[cowman]

If they've popped forever then yes...it is structure/genetically more susceptible. However, if they develop it later during winter/bad conditions I have never had it stay with them after a round of paste. 

 

[AAOK]

What kind of free choice mineral do you feel is the best? Where can i find a good brand? I have  asteer with a recent popping issue and was hoping to start him on some mineral+selenium?? any ideas please?

Get with your ADM/Moormans dealer and ask to have a nutritionist come out to your place to look at your cattle, grasses & dirt.  They can get you on the correct mineral for your area.  You won't find better.

 

[cowman 52]

popping in the hocks is from a selenium defenciy,s,  muse or bose injections,  the vigorotone minerals 32stct plus.will help structure has some to do with it but is NOT the cause (argue)

 

[smurf]

Has anyone ever used glucosamine with any success??

 

[simtal]

Has anyone ever used glucosamine with any success??

we have used it in mega doses, ie a gallon of the stuff a week or two before show that seems to help

 

[STX108]

BoSe or MuSe

 

[CAB]

This is just my opinion. I assume that you meant popping pasturns, the cattle that we are raising for the show ring are all on the verge of being too strait. If I am looking @ cattle & am interested in a particular calf I will walk it for quite awhile @ a fairly good clip, if I/we see it snap a pasturn, we walk away. 9 times out of 10 it is a structural problem and in my experience they will only get worse as they get heavier & older. If you have one that is good and you want to try to help it out you may want to try some of these products, but IMO if you can avoid getting one with the problem, I would try to steer clear of the problem. Watch PPL with experience look @ cattle, one of the things that they will spend time on is movement and structure.