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<blockquote data-quote="Anderson" data-source="post: 337415" data-attributes="member: 2989"><p>BSK,</p><p></p><p>I don't know why we torture ourselves with discussions on feeding deer, but here we are again! </p><p></p><p>I don't really agree with the comment from page 1 on salt in soil: </p><p></p><p>"The high salt content of the salt lick and salt saturated soil will kill any infectious organism (the salt ruptures their cell walls causing massive dehydration of the organism)."</p><p></p><p>Here's why I disagree. Each organism will have a threshold of salt that it can tolerate. Right under the salt pile (or Trophy Rock of course) the soil will be very high in salt and likely kill any organism there (though I don't know that for sure). Agreed. But as you move farther from the source, the concentration of salt will decrease. At some point of distance away from the salt, there will be a zone in which the salt content in the soil is not strong enough to kill a given 'germ' (TB or BlueTongue or brucellosis or whatever). And yet it may be just a few feet away, so deer are still concentrated there. At some point, there is still some risk. Maybe less risk than a feed pile. Some organisms, such as coccidia, go into a very tough cyst form that will endure all sorts of torture for long periods of time. </p><p>My two cents, anyway. I'm not condemning salt feeding, just thought I'd offer the comments for clarification or discussion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anderson, post: 337415, member: 2989"] BSK, I don't know why we torture ourselves with discussions on feeding deer, but here we are again! I don't really agree with the comment from page 1 on salt in soil: "The high salt content of the salt lick and salt saturated soil will kill any infectious organism (the salt ruptures their cell walls causing massive dehydration of the organism)." Here's why I disagree. Each organism will have a threshold of salt that it can tolerate. Right under the salt pile (or Trophy Rock of course) the soil will be very high in salt and likely kill any organism there (though I don't know that for sure). Agreed. But as you move farther from the source, the concentration of salt will decrease. At some point of distance away from the salt, there will be a zone in which the salt content in the soil is not strong enough to kill a given 'germ' (TB or BlueTongue or brucellosis or whatever). And yet it may be just a few feet away, so deer are still concentrated there. At some point, there is still some risk. Maybe less risk than a feed pile. Some organisms, such as coccidia, go into a very tough cyst form that will endure all sorts of torture for long periods of time. My two cents, anyway. I'm not condemning salt feeding, just thought I'd offer the comments for clarification or discussion. [/QUOTE]
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