This is sodium chloride, coarse, not very pure - used as food for animals.
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table salt and salt licks for cattle food
A trace-mineral sheep salt lick lacks copper. A trace-mineral lick for cattle (and horses) includes copper.
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table salt and salt licks for cattle food
There is no difference, really. The salt licks that are given to cattle are the same ones that are given to horses. Horses may get a smaller salt block, but other than that, the mineral content is all the same.
Cattle usually will lick themselves to scratch an itch or remove flies off of their bodies. Another term for lick could be the salt lick, this is a block of salt or minerals that the cattle will lick, it just gives them extra nutrients.
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NaCl. That's it: just plain table salt. And there really is no such thing as a "medicated" salt block.
It is illegal to put salt on a railroad in Alabama because salt can corrode railroad tracks and cause damage to the infrastructure, potentially leading to safety hazards for trains and passengers. Salt can accelerate the degradation of the tracks, leading to increased maintenance costs and safety risks for the railroad operators.
Goats should have salt blocks specifically made for them. However, if you cannot get such blocks, there isn't really anything wrong with giving them a mineral block intended for cattle.