Saw something like that n a smaller scale maybe 15 years ago. It was a drought year and the cows were fed soybeans, the plant and the beans, as an alternative to hay. Farmer came out next morning and all his vows were dead.
The autopsy showed they died of acute acidosis. Actually there are several things that can cause sudden death in cattle. When the smoke clears on this event it will likely be a problem with their water source.
No way all those cows ate enough of the same thing to be fatal to all. But they all probably drank from the same source. And they would all drink roughly the same amount. Could be a toxic algae or nitrate runoff.
Saw something like that n a smaller scale maybe 15 years ago. It was a drought year and the cows were fed soybeans, the plant and the beans, as an alternative to hay. Farmer came out next morning and all his vows were dead.
The autopsy showed they died of acute acidosis. Actually there are several things that can cause sudden death in cattle. When the smoke clears on this event it will likely be a problem with their water source.
No way all those cows ate enough of the same thing to be fatal to all. But they all probably drank from the same source. And they would all drink roughly the same amount. Could be a toxic algae or nitrate runoff.