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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 848244" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>"intestinal damage as a calf (scours can cause some lifelong problems)..."</p><p></p><p>Milkmaid,</p><p>Good to see you back! </p><p>I see this claim(above) put forward from time to time - even saw it repeated by one of my 'heroes' on the small ruminant practitioners list in the last couple of weeks (she's about my age, and I regard her as one of the very best sheep/goat practitioners in the country).</p><p> </p><p>But, after 35 years of looking at gross tissues(including 5 years in private mixed practice) and 20+ years of looking at 'em microscopically... it's a claim that I can't substantiate. </p><p>I don't see any 'scarring' or irreparable damage from bacterial(E.coli, Salmonella, etc.), viral, or protozoal enteropathy/enteritis in animals that have had previous bouts of those conditions, survived, and recovered. Intestinal/colonic tissues rapidly regenerates to return to a grossly and microscopically normal character - and I presume, normal functionality. </p><p>I just don't buy it as an irrefutable truth, and if someone is teaching that in the vet schools these days, I'd be interested in seeing the proof they're offering...or an admittance that it's anecdotal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 848244, member: 12607"] "intestinal damage as a calf (scours can cause some lifelong problems)..." Milkmaid, Good to see you back! I see this claim(above) put forward from time to time - even saw it repeated by one of my 'heroes' on the small ruminant practitioners list in the last couple of weeks (she's about my age, and I regard her as one of the very best sheep/goat practitioners in the country). But, after 35 years of looking at gross tissues(including 5 years in private mixed practice) and 20+ years of looking at 'em microscopically... it's a claim that I can't substantiate. I don't see any 'scarring' or irreparable damage from bacterial(E.coli, Salmonella, etc.), viral, or protozoal enteropathy/enteritis in animals that have had previous bouts of those conditions, survived, and recovered. Intestinal/colonic tissues rapidly regenerates to return to a grossly and microscopically normal character - and I presume, normal functionality. I just don't buy it as an irrefutable truth, and if someone is teaching that in the vet schools these days, I'd be interested in seeing the proof they're offering...or an admittance that it's anecdotal. [/QUOTE]
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