Beutler & Son Rodeo Company of Elk City, Oklahoma, has reported over 40 of their rodeo horses have died.
After initially not knowing what caused the horse’s sudden deaths, the stock contracting firm revealed the horses died after eating contaminated feed.
The brand of feed that led to the horses’ death has not been confirmed, but it is suspected the contamination came from cattle feed with rumensin that was accidentally delivered.
Rumensin, is a “feed additive for cattle” that is poisonous to horses.
Wow.
Beutler & Son Rodeo Company is suffering devastating loss after their horses were given contaminated feed.
Over 40 horses have died, with numbers growing.https://t.co/ftS3gTVNvm
— Bryce Doeschot (@BDoeschot) August 27, 2024
This is really really bad folks!
Anyone heard about this yet?— Cattleman🪓 (@cattleguy92) August 29, 2024
Per Rural Radio:
The storied stock contracting firm Beutler & Son Rodeo Company of Elk City, Oklahoma, is suffering devastating loss after their horses were given contaminated feed. Over 40 horses have died, with numbers growing.
The brand of feed has not been confirmed, though it is suspected the contamination came from cattle feed with rumensin that was mistakenly delivered. Rumensin, also known as monensin, is a feed additive for cattle that is extremely toxic to horses and can be fatal. A toxic dose is about 2.0 mg of monensin per kilogram of body weight, which is similar to a toxic dose of cyanide.
An ongoing investigation is underway as losses have been ongoing since Sunday. Veterinarians attending to the situation are working to try to save livestock, while finding a solution to prevent a situation like this from happening again.
Beutler & Son Rodeo Company provides bucking horses and bulls to premier rodeos across the country including the Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte and Nebraska’s Big Rodeo in Burwell.
This happened here in Oklahoma. It seems highly suspect to me. This family has been in business since 1929. They are well known in the rodeo circuit. Keep this family lifted in prayer. Active investigation ongoing. https://t.co/hpH5huUGRO
— Tawny Maxwell (@maxwe36889) August 29, 2024
Per KOCO:
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture is investigating what killed dozens of horses at a rodeo stock contracting business.
Beutler & Son Rodeo Company supplies horses to rodeos all across the country and it has for nearly a century. Now, the Oklahoma family business is devastated, with lines of generational horses dying in what veterinarians believe could be faulty feed.
An estimated 40 to 70 horses have died.
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