[Jacob-list] Thanks ...on Pigs and sheep

[sara young]

Thank you all for the informative and helpful information on pigs.  I appreciate the wealth of knowledge this group provides....not only with Jacobs apparently.  Thanks for the help-
Sara

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Christopher Brantley 
  To: aztreaz at earthlink.net ; jacob-list 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 5:11 PM
  Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Re: Pigs and sheep


  For more information from the USDA on pseudorabies check out the following link:


  http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/nahps/pseudorabies/

  We had a lot of swine growing up, they like goats need a bit of copper in their diet and metabolize it well... if you are in an area rich in copper, use salts with copper, or have copper addatives in the feed, yes there will be elevated copper in the manure. If there is minimal to no copper in the diet there should be minimal amounts in the fecal material. Output typically is determined by input.

  -C

  ARTHUR PARTRIDGE <aztreaz at earthlink.net> wrote:
    --Original message--
    >Hi-
    >I have "taken in" two pigs for a few months...and a friend told me she 
    >thought that it might present a potential health hazard to my sheep. They 
    >are not grazing or sleeping in same places, but definitely in close 
    >proximity.
    >Anybody have comments?
    >Thanks....
    >Sara
    -----------
    I asked the question on sheep-l and received several replies from people
    who raise both. No problems. However, one other person mentioned that
    there is a "pseudo-rabies" carried by pigs that can kill sheep. A man from
    Canada wrote:
    "Pig manure is very high in copper and this could cause a major problem
    with sheep."
    You probably won't have a problem if you continue to keep the pigs separate
    from the sheep. Check with your Extension Agent or vet about the
    "pseudo-rabies".
    Cathy Partridge
    Mos cow, Idaho



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