Do your show animals hate city water? Do they turn their noses up when it’s time to drink and then even go off feed? It may be due to the added chlorine that is not typically found in farm water.
Chlorine is no joke when it comes to drinking water for show livestock and horses. It’s a major reason why animals perceive city water as smelling and tasting “different” from farm water. In fact, the chlorine levels in city water are about 1-3 ppm, which is similar to what’s in your swimming pool!
Reports of water chlorination for dairy cattle led to reduced water consumption, rumen digestion, and lactation performance. If you want your animals to stay hydrated, healthy, and perform well from day one at the show, consider the impact of chlorine in their water.
How much chlorine is in your animals’ show water? Take the guess work out by using ShowFresH2O™ Chlorine Test Strips. You can test the show water yourself in as little as 30 seconds.
Below is a great example of chlorine in city show water. The test strip on the left side was dipped into the water and stirred for 30 seconds. A purple color developed on the indicator patch revealing it had about 3 ppm total chlorine. ShowFresH2O™ Water Treatment was then used to treat the city water. The test strip on the right side was used to retest the water. It had no pink color formation, confirming that the treatment INSTANTLY eliminated all chlorine.
Start your show off on the right hoof, by treating your animals to the smell of success on day one. ShowFresH2O™ Water Treatment was scientifically designed to eliminate chlorine from drinking water for show livestock with no hassle. Stop hauling in water. Don’t waste money on water filters that may not work or freeze up during those cold month shows. Read more about what our happy customers have to say!
Key References
Bach, A., Valls, N., Solans, A., Torrent, T.; Associations Between Nondietary Factors and Dairy Herd Performance, J. Dairy Sci. (91:8), 3259-3267, 2008.
Beede, D.; Assessment of Water Quality and Nutrition for Dairy Cattle, Proc: Mid-South Ruminant Nutrition Conference, April 27-28, Arlington, TX, 2005.
Hi I’m a farmer from Cumbria in England iv had awful problems with chlorine coming on to the farm via the water supply we average 1ppm all the time we also believe it’s contaminated the land and coming back in with the silage we are very intense we grow grass for fun here 20tons an acre easily we believe with cow water consumption we been putting 5kg per acre of chlorine back on the land which is alarming we had to stop using mains water and are unable to get a deep well as only salt water beneath us so we using natural water flowing through the fields and pump it back to the farm, we have unbelievable digestion efficiency for ten years or so is there any way to neutralise the chlorine in the silage as we chopping it?