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glennster

11-28-2006 10:22:23




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was down in arkansas over thanksgiving with the family. a lot of cattle pastured there and in missouri. daughter asks me, dad, do the cows get ticks and chiggers? what happens if they get bit by a copperhead? i dunno. so for all you cattle guys down south, do cattle get plagued by chiggers? what about ticks? if they get bit by a poisionous snake, does it harm them? thanks in advance....glenn




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Jim Johnson

11-28-2006 16:08:01




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 Re: o-t cattle questions in reply to glennster, 11-28-2006 10:22:23  
Chiggers don't bother them but Ticks will bring on Anni Plasmosous need to keep them sprayed. Snakes can kill a cow. Had a neighbor that had their cows getting bit on the nose when getting a drink out of a pond in a dry year they lost three head. We had a cow get snake bit on the foot she got pretty sick but she lived however she was nursing a calf about 450 pounds, we pulled the calf off but it eventually died from the milk.

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Coloken

11-28-2006 13:08:25




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 Re: o-t cattle questions in reply to glennster, 11-28-2006 10:22:23  
Only know about rattlesnake bits. Yes, cows and horses. they swell up where bitten. Never lost any though. Horses seem to get bit on the nose, dad always said they would be OK if they could still drink. Their nose would be about the size of a two gallon oil can. Now sheep have ticks--big ones.



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Jimmy King

11-28-2006 12:55:36




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 Re: o-t cattle questions in reply to glennster, 11-28-2006 10:22:23  
We used to run our milk cows in a 100 acre timber when it was dry and hot. Every once in a while one would lose a teat, and we always figured it was a copperhead bite. 20 minutes northwest of Springfield MO.



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Sam#3

11-28-2006 11:18:22




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 Re: o-t cattle questions in reply to glennster, 11-28-2006 10:22:23  
I can't address the chigger question but I can direct you to the history of the nineteenth century cattle drives and why Kansas turned them back at the border.
They do get snake bit but as for as I know most survive. I never heard of losing a cow or horse to snake bite.



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MN Bob

11-28-2006 13:35:29




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 Re: o-t cattle questions in reply to Sam#3, 11-28-2006 11:18:22  
So;; What was the reason for turning them back from Kansas?? (TICK FEVER)? Louie LaMour always had them welcome, at least at the rail heads and saloon side of the street. lol



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Sam#3

11-28-2006 14:14:31




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 Re: o-t cattle questions in reply to MN Bob, 11-28-2006 13:35:29  
Well the story goes the Taxus cattle were tolerant of the ticks or tick fever but the Kansas herds weren't.



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KEH

11-28-2006 15:39:37




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 Re: o-t cattle questions in reply to Sam#3, 11-28-2006 14:14:31  

Texas Longhorns resistant to tick fever, other breed in Kansas were not. Ticks could get on local Kansas cattle, giving them fever. If Texas cattle overwintered in Kansas, the cold weather would kill the ticks and the Texas cattle no longer carried the disease. This process was not understood at first and caused a lot of bad feelings. Don't know about the status of tick fever today.

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