Alnico cow magnets are used by dairy farmers and veterinarians to help prevent hardware disease in their cattle
Protects cow stomach
While grazing, cows eat everything from grass and dirt to nails, staples and bits of bailing wire (referred to as tramp iron)
Tramp iron tends to lodge in honeycombed walls of reticulum, threatening surrounding vital organs and causing irritation and inflammation, known as hardware disease
Cow loses her appetite and decreases her milk output (dairy cows), or her ability to gain weight (feeder stock)
Cow magnets helps to prevent this disease by attracting stray metal from folds and crevices of rumen and reticulum
One magnet works for life of cow
Also make great addition to science project
Powerful and great for general experimentation with magnets
Several kinds of cow magnets:
Ceramic cow magnet: this rectangular cow magnet is made of ceramic 5 (strontium ferrite) magnet material
Special magnetization pattern causes nails and other sharp metal objects to line up along length of magnet where they are no longer danger to cow
Epoxy coating is gentle on cow and helps to protect magnet from chipping, rounded corners ensure safe and easy passage to reticulum
AlNiCo 5 cow magnet: favorite of dairymen and vets for over 30 years, this is standard cast AlNiCo cow magnet with bright, metal finish
