Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: elkhuntingcouple on July 03, 2012, 07:59:50 PM
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I heard from my chiropractor who is great by the way (Napavine Chiropractor) that a Vet was in and said that if we put mineral blocks out with copper and dang another mineral it would help with the hoof rot problem. has anyone else heard this if this is correct I will buy as many as I can afford and place them for just this purpose if not for my game cameras as well.
Just wondering if any vets are in the mix here that might set me straight.
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I've heard there are many different types of hoof rot, but many do show signs of the animals having deficiencies in copper and selenium. I use the 50 lb livestock mineral blocks from the feed store that have all the minerals on the label and make sure they have those two minerals.
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excess copper kills sheep and goats :dunno: in fact gotta make sure sheep dont get into horse blocks...I am not sure what the tolerances are in elk and deer. The hoof rot in elk is believed to be a combination of issues, possibly genetics, possibly bacterial susceptibility, possibly environmental they haven't done a whole lot of research into it last I looked into it but it is spreading from where it was when I first read up about it.
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I thought it started out by Ryderwood, where all the dairy farms are, Most of the cattle have shots to prevent this disease from effecting them. Now I hear of it way up in Packwood,
I just feel pretty helpless and would like to help them out if it would help with the mineral blocks I would put them out. Wonder if Rocky Mt Elk foundation would know any more about this. Think I will give them a try.
And I have heard that Goat and Sheep cannot have to much of this, so would be careful not to put in those areas.
Just seems if it was this easy of a fix someone would of spoke up before now.
