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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cowadle" data-source="post: 3799707" data-attributes="member: 7203"><p>yup.  this is just one feedlot. now there are always losses due to sickness injury cold heat etc but this was just a certain pen of cattle almost ready for the slaughter.  someone probably a nutritionist messed up the ration or a hand didn't follow the directions and mixed the wrong products together or a delivery of products was unloaded into the wrong bin or tank.   the cattle most likely had to much nitrogen fed to them and their blood urea nitrogen level rose to a lethal level.  this makes it impossible for the steer to carry enough oxygen in their blood and they suffocate.   the fact that so many died in such a short time and all in the same stage or pen feeding plan says it all.   very expensive mistake.</p></blockquote><p></p>