{"id":1245,"date":"2016-07-04T03:17:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T03:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2016-07-04T03:17:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T03:17:33","slug":"copper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/copper\/","title":{"rendered":"Copper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"> <\/span>I&#8217;ve had several texts and calls regarding the use of copper boluses. &nbsp;I have used copper for several years on babies with screwed up legs. &nbsp;But, let&#8217;s be honest, this isn&#8217;t my idea. &nbsp;Jodi Seelke studies all aspects of the goat industry. &nbsp;She is the one that put me on the copper in the doe herd. &nbsp;I agreee with her research. &nbsp; Look at a map of copper deficient areas and this part of paradise is smack in the middle. &nbsp;Throw in the fact that a lot of feeds, minerals, etc. for goats do not have copper in it. &nbsp;The reason, because a lot of stuff is cross-marketed\/used in sheep. &nbsp;And copper kills sheep. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"> <\/span>Whenever it comes to herd health, talk to other breeders. &nbsp;Ask questions. &nbsp;Most likely, your local vet doesn&#8217;t know much about goats. &nbsp;Very few prescription drugs are labeled for goats. &nbsp;Talk to those in the trenches actually dealing with the beasts in your area. &nbsp;They will know what works and what doesn&#8217;t work. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had several texts and calls regarding the use of copper boluses. &nbsp;I have used copper for several years on babies with screwed up legs. &nbsp;But, let&#8217;s be honest, this isn&#8217;t my idea. &nbsp;Jodi Seelke studies all aspects of the goat industry. &nbsp;She is the one that put me on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}