Bright Raven
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This morning I had the vet to the farm to perform BSEs on five bulls. Three are twelve months. One is eleven months. One is ten months.
Of the five bulls, three went down in the chute and the side exit had to be opened to get them up. We ran one back through and got the same result. Two did fine and passed. All five exceeded the scrotal of 30 cm for a twelve month old bull. The scores were 40, 37, 37, 36 and 32.5 (10 months old). These bulls are all over a 1000 pounds per both my estimate and the vet's. The biggest was estimated at 1200. All were scored good condition and I specifically ask if any were over conditioned. The vet said no.
The vet was far more frustrated than I was. The vet suggested that I take them to the clinic where they have a hydraulic chute that can be squeezed from underneath whereas my chute only squeezes down from the top.
I have observed several BSEs. Performed by several different vets. The only variation in practice that I could identify was the frequency of the shock delivered to the rectal device. The vet hit the bulls with frequent shocks almost to the point that there was no lapse of time between shocks for the bull to regain his balance. In all three cases where the bulls went down, the vet did not get any penal extension. The back legs of the bulls locked, extended to the back of the chute and they went down completely, belly on bottom of chute.
Anyone else ever had this kind of bad luck?
Of the five bulls, three went down in the chute and the side exit had to be opened to get them up. We ran one back through and got the same result. Two did fine and passed. All five exceeded the scrotal of 30 cm for a twelve month old bull. The scores were 40, 37, 37, 36 and 32.5 (10 months old). These bulls are all over a 1000 pounds per both my estimate and the vet's. The biggest was estimated at 1200. All were scored good condition and I specifically ask if any were over conditioned. The vet said no.
The vet was far more frustrated than I was. The vet suggested that I take them to the clinic where they have a hydraulic chute that can be squeezed from underneath whereas my chute only squeezes down from the top.
I have observed several BSEs. Performed by several different vets. The only variation in practice that I could identify was the frequency of the shock delivered to the rectal device. The vet hit the bulls with frequent shocks almost to the point that there was no lapse of time between shocks for the bull to regain his balance. In all three cases where the bulls went down, the vet did not get any penal extension. The back legs of the bulls locked, extended to the back of the chute and they went down completely, belly on bottom of chute.
Anyone else ever had this kind of bad luck?