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Dvrom

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I am working on a show heifer ration and am looking at using surechamp for a mineral and i see that it contains 6.7 ppm of selenium which on my ration software produced a warning for having too much selenium when combined with the other feedstuffs. from what i know cattle can only tolerate 2ppm of selenium and in the total ration (which other than surechamp contains very little selenium)  i am ending up with 4.33 ppm. why would surechamp have such a high amount of selenium if at that level it can be toxic?
 

ploughshare

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What is the ration and how much Surechamp are you including in the daily diet?  Instructions indicate that you should not exceed one pound of surchamp per day.  Based on the instructions and your post, I believe that you have not balanced the diet correctly.
 

Dvrom

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Everything else is good except selenium and I'm only using one pound a day
 
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