by Dr Jillian Kelly (AHN Consulting)
Many producers have had limited rainfall since Christmas and have chewed heavily into the dry summer grass to maintain cattle.
This makes me wonder if the recent rainfall and subsequent medic growth will cause cases of bloat in coming weeks.
Bloat is caused by cattle eating highly digestible carbohydrates, usually in our area clover or medics, although it can happen on crops as well.
The green feed is broken down really quickly and drops the rumen pH slightly, causing a nasty bug to . . .
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