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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5119236" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Corn left out in hot humid weather rapidly develops a mold that produces a toxic bioproduct called aflatoxin. Only tiny, tiny amounts of aflatoxin is deadly to turkeys (around 50 parts aflatoxin to a BILLION parts corn - so low you would never know the mold is there). Exact amounts required to kill a deer are unknown, but probably in excess of 500 parts per billion (still so low you would never be able to see it). How much does it take to make a deer sick? Depends on how sick. But if it is killing turkey it certainly can't be good for deer. And I've seen landowners kill turkeys by using corn spin feeders in the summer.</p><p></p><p>Salt licks have the benefit of killing most infectious agents (viruses/bacteria) because of the high saline environment. The salt crystals rupture the walls of the bacteria. However, the infectious prions that cause CWD have no cell walls. They are not even alive. They are simply an abnormally folded protein. And unfortunately, the high saline environment of a salt lick actually folds the prion protein more, making it more infectious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5119236, member: 17"] Corn left out in hot humid weather rapidly develops a mold that produces a toxic bioproduct called aflatoxin. Only tiny, tiny amounts of aflatoxin is deadly to turkeys (around 50 parts aflatoxin to a BILLION parts corn - so low you would never know the mold is there). Exact amounts required to kill a deer are unknown, but probably in excess of 500 parts per billion (still so low you would never be able to see it). How much does it take to make a deer sick? Depends on how sick. But if it is killing turkey it certainly can't be good for deer. And I've seen landowners kill turkeys by using corn spin feeders in the summer. Salt licks have the benefit of killing most infectious agents (viruses/bacteria) because of the high saline environment. The salt crystals rupture the walls of the bacteria. However, the infectious prions that cause CWD have no cell walls. They are not even alive. They are simply an abnormally folded protein. And unfortunately, the high saline environment of a salt lick actually folds the prion protein more, making it more infectious. [/QUOTE]
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