I am inclined to agree. I guess mostly I wonder how she is buying groceries and paying land tax with the monies earned from dissimulating
I think she is asserting it is teratogenic, not inherited.
And with that....... the story is done for me.
I locked out J Hoy a long time ago. Never learned anything from her.
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no second calf in here but she cleaned right away, week before wonder if she was cystic cause she like to ride and wasnt really bagging up
The exact cause of a change in bone growth on a fetus is the disruption of calcium and other mineral uptake by the cells of the growing fetus, resulting in certain bones not growing to their genetically programmed length. If the affected bone cells are stimulated to uptake the needed minerals by the use of electrolytes, the bones grow to normal because they are genetically programmed to do that - DUH! Veterinarians say the bones will grow to normal if they are programmed genetically to be normal.
Dear Lee, I never got one cent for collecting data, photographing birth defects, writing studies, or trying to get something done to save the young animals, including humans. I did everything on my own time. I was sincerely hoping others would want to save the young ones too, because without viable young, species go extinct eventually. We grew and processed most of our own food and saved our money. Are EPD ratings done on deer? That was our main study animal for our published studies.
May God richly bless your efforts of good will. LVR
I feel much the same way, Judy is no harm to anyone and has some strong views that we should not discount completely. I take the middle of the road view. I quite like having the old girl around. Only thing is I don't believe we have many for her to save from all the pain and suffering Judy describes.
I'm somewhere in the middle also.
Not going to get into an argument.
Nope, not lonely. Just running out of time to save the wild and domestic young ones, so the young humans will have them around when/if they survive to grow up. Thank you, Hereford2.
Ken, the data on cattle states that 3 of 100 calves die of Weak Calf Syndrome (WCS) each year. Here in Montana that would be well over 20,000 calves. Since I have helped treat many WCS calves in the past, I know how much WCS makes them suffer. Also, with wild grazing animals - not fed hay in the winter - those with an underbite can't bite off enough food to survive and die a slow death that is painful to watch, so it is likely not that pleasant for the affected animal. I am very happy that your cattle are not being affected. Providing the proper minerals helps counter the effects of whatever is actually responsible for the disrupted bone growth, because one of the prime suspects is a patented mineral chelator. I commend you for doing a good job.
Hi Hereford2, I especially love Hereford cattle!
And you know that how? When two pesticides, Endrin and 2,4,5-T were excessively used here in western Montana and in states upwind, there was an epidemic of WCS here in Montana. Those two pesticides were both banned in 1985 and between 1986 and 1995, WCS almost completely disappeared,? Was that just by coincidence? And was it just by coincidence that WCS syndrome began happening again in cattle herds in spring of 1995 and like I said, the stats say 3 of every calves are still born with WCS. I know quite a lot about WCS because I talked in person to the veterinarian who identified WCS and named it, as he lived in our county, where WCS was first found.
Nope, I said, "VETERINARIANS say bones grow to normal if they are genetically programmed to be normal." You just took what you wanted from my statement - that is not fair at all. From my measurements of over 1000 animals' bite, it did not appear that what they said was correct. How did so many different species of mammal and bird suddenly get damaged genes in the parents all at the same time? All of the research scientists I asked, said it was not possible genetically for so many animals to suddenly have the same birth defect, so the cause had to be environmental, not genetic. Some newborns of the following domestic animals were observed or reported to me to have been born with an underbite beginning in spring of 1995 and in every year since (overbite was not as prevalent but was observed on domestic goats): cattle, bison, sheep, goats, horses, mules, llama, dogs that were not genetically bred to have an underbite, cats and likely something I am forgetting.
