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Is this a symptom of a mineral deficiency in lambs?

  • 05-07-2016 02:35PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,412 ✭✭✭


    Lambs are belclare x but a lot of them have real red ears with no hair on them e.g the one beloe


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    skin suggests zinc
    my dad says flaky ears like that as a sign of cobalt deficiency, never heard/read anything to back that up

    but it could be sunburn


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,412 ✭✭✭DJ98


    ganmo wrote: »
    skin suggests zinc
    my dad says flaky ears like that as a sign of cobalt deficiency, never heard/read anything to back that up

    but it could be sunburn

    Was told it twas cobalt as well but again never read anything to back that up!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    DJ98 wrote: »
    Was told it twas cobalt as well but again never read anything to back that up!

    cobalt is the second biggest deficiency in the country after copper so it'd no harm to get some into them anyway


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,412 ✭✭✭DJ98


    ganmo wrote: »
    cobalt is the second biggest deficiency in the country after copper so it'd no harm to get some into them anyway

    What would you recommend giving them?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    cheapest way is to get some cobalt sulphate and mix it with warm water
    15gm of 21% cobalt sulphate powder in one lire of water (2.5 oz/gallon) and used at the rate of 10ml per lamb


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,237 ✭✭✭Username John


    https://www.agridirect.ie/product/colbalt-sulphate

    My local vet crowd only had the pre-mixed with B12 stuff when I went looking before.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭Lano Lynn


    cobalt will do no harm
    but I suspect it is just from the Finn in the makeup of the belclare as the breed is so new and has a very small genepool the insidences of 'throwbacks' is going to be higher
    1. FS-lamb-5-1024x700.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,237 ✭✭✭Username John


    Lano Lynn wrote: »
    cobalt will do no harm
    but I suspect it is just from the Finn in the makeup of the belclare as the breed is so new and has a very small genepool the insidences of 'throwbacks' is going to be higher
    1. FS-lamb-5-1024x700.jpg

    Jaysus, they're a woeful looking yoke :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,004 ✭✭✭Green farmer


    Lano Lynn wrote: »
    cobalt will do no harm
    but I suspect it is just from the Finn in the makeup of the belclare as the breed is so new and has a very small genepool the insidences of 'throwbacks' is going to be higher
    1. FS-lamb-5-1024x700.jpg

    I think lanos on the ball. Just the genes, however the cheapest bottle of cobalt will only do them good. Think I bought a 2-5 litre bottle recently for €12. I thought about buying the cobalt sulphate power before and mixing it, but after finding out the links to cancer, I though it safer to pay the bit extra for the already mixed stuff that doesn't carry the any risk.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,608 ✭✭✭J.O. Farmer


    I think lanos on the ball. Just the genes, however the cheapest bottle of cobalt will only do them good. Think I bought a 2-5 litre bottle recently for €12. I thought about buying the cobalt sulphate power before and mixing it, but after finding out the links to cancer, I though it safer to pay the bit extra for the already mixed stuff that doesn't carry the any risk.

    With a 2.5 litre bottle only €12 how many lambs would you need to be dosing to pay you to buy the powder and mix it up yourself nevermind cancer risks.


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