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COW STRUCK BY LIGHTNING?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 829801" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>TXbred,</p><p>Had a situation a couple of decades ago - one of our dairy clients had lost several cows, sporadically, with no sign of illness - he'd just find one dead in the barnlot. My partner was there one day doing some herd work, when this cow came walking past the Harvestore, bawled, and fell to the ground, dead. That's when they realized that the powerlines running to the silo unloader had swayed in the wind 'til they'd worn through the insulation, and from time to time, they'd short out, electricity would run down the metal sides of the Harvestore, and electrify the ground, if it was wet enough. </p><p></p><p>I've seen it before, but had a case just about a year ago - pork producer brought in 2 good top hogs - had found 6 dead in this pen over the past few days. Cut 'em open - and both femurs were broken - looked like you'd set off an M-80 inside the shaft of the bone; one had a lumbosacral fracture/dislocation to boot. Classical 'stray-voltage' electrocution lesion in hogs - their ham muscles are SO strong, that when the 'juice' hits them, they fracture bones, dislocate vertebrae, etc. Got on the phone and called the referring vet to make sure the owners knew the danger. They had an electrician out to check it, and there was a controller shorting out and electrifying the gate into that pen.</p><p></p><p>In both cases, we were lucky that no person got hurt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 829801, member: 12607"] TXbred, Had a situation a couple of decades ago - one of our dairy clients had lost several cows, sporadically, with no sign of illness - he'd just find one dead in the barnlot. My partner was there one day doing some herd work, when this cow came walking past the Harvestore, bawled, and fell to the ground, dead. That's when they realized that the powerlines running to the silo unloader had swayed in the wind 'til they'd worn through the insulation, and from time to time, they'd short out, electricity would run down the metal sides of the Harvestore, and electrify the ground, if it was wet enough. I've seen it before, but had a case just about a year ago - pork producer brought in 2 good top hogs - had found 6 dead in this pen over the past few days. Cut 'em open - and both femurs were broken - looked like you'd set off an M-80 inside the shaft of the bone; one had a lumbosacral fracture/dislocation to boot. Classical 'stray-voltage' electrocution lesion in hogs - their ham muscles are SO strong, that when the 'juice' hits them, they fracture bones, dislocate vertebrae, etc. Got on the phone and called the referring vet to make sure the owners knew the danger. They had an electrician out to check it, and there was a controller shorting out and electrifying the gate into that pen. In both cases, we were lucky that no person got hurt. [/QUOTE]
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