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Keeping Livestock Water Open in the Winter

Published: February 5, 2013
Summary
It may seem obvious to provide clean and abundant water to your livestock, especially on hot days. However, frequent attention to water sources is just as important in the winter as it is in the summer. For horses, lack of water intake can cause a myriad of issues, the most common threat being impaction colic. When the weather is cold or extremely windy, livestock may not want to leave a shelter ...
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Mindy Hubert
South Dakota State University
South Dakota State University
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D  Gockowski
Frontier Communication
22 de enero de 2014
Any recommendations on using geothermal heat for maintaining open water? Do you have designs for insulating outdoor tanks to prevent freezing water?
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