[Jacob-list] baking soda

[Neal and Louise Grose]

I had wondered about this as well. Baking soda is normally used for 
ruminants that are on high grain diets to offset lack of cud chewing. I 
really don't see that it would be any advantage to mature animals that are 
on maintenance high forage diets.

Neal

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From: "Quentin & Libby Llop" <qhll at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:00 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] baking soda



>I never heard of feeding sheep baking soda. Probably that's what I get for 

>learning about sheep at university instead of over the internet. I really 

>can't see how it would help prevent bloat as mixing baking soda with acid 

>produces gas and how would you tell if it did? I've run 40 to 100 crossbred 

>ewes for 35 years, sometimes on straight alfalfa and only had one case of 

>bloat, with out baking soda.

>

> Libby Llop

> Inverness Farm

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