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Fontanelle, IA | Question for Garvo, Mark, and other vets/animal nutrition experts.....
I'm getting this 2nd hand from a few neighbors that attended an Iowa Beef Quality Assurance meeting. Basically, we are NOT allowed to feed Rumensin containing feed(or other ionophore such as Bovatec) with Aureo crumbles/CTC crumbles at any time to cattle. They are saying that this is EXTRA label use and against the law? Is this true? If so, why am I just hearing about it now?
Questions:
1. What was happening to cattle that were fed Rumensin + CTC crumbles? Ulcers? Condemned livers? Bad kidneys?
2. If I want to start a 5 day treatment for pneumonia in my weaned calves, how many days ahead would I have to pull my Rumensin supplement pellet from the diet? 3 days? 4 days?
3. Is this Rumensin + CTC feeding ban only or does the ban also pertain to giving any injectable CTC antibiotic shot that I might have to use to cure footrot later?
If you're a feedlot vet, consulting nutritionist, or feed company person that is up-to-date with these "developments", you could also send me an email too. My profile should have it listed.
Thanks for any input and clarification into this!
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Rumensin + Aureo/CTC crumbles - is this extra label usage and against the law?
