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Why would anyone be against banding?
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<blockquote data-quote="CowCop" data-source="post: 79038" data-attributes="member: 1049"><p>Tetanus is in the clostridium family ( like blackleg ) and tetanus LOVES rubber bands because where ever there is a SLOW necrosis ( tissue death ) there is a higher risk of tetanus. Rubber bands cause slow tissue death.</p><p></p><p>Horses carry tetanus and shed it in their manure so it makes sense to keep these species in seperate areas if possible and realize you run an even higher risk of tetanus if you have horses and calves.</p><p></p><p>On another note, I watched several castrations on 2 day old Hereford calves last week and it was blood less.</p><p>Only one cut to the bottom third of scrotum and then the testicals were pulled out and the tissue stripped back as usual.</p><p>Then the cremaster muscle was pulled until it broke ( you could hear the snap )</p><p>The spermatic cord was then pulled until it stretched stretched stretched until it also snapped and recoiled.</p><p>The recoil inside stops <strong>all</strong> bleeding.</p><p>Very impressive, very quick and the calves walked away without a sound.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CowCop, post: 79038, member: 1049"] Tetanus is in the clostridium family ( like blackleg ) and tetanus LOVES rubber bands because where ever there is a SLOW necrosis ( tissue death ) there is a higher risk of tetanus. Rubber bands cause slow tissue death. Horses carry tetanus and shed it in their manure so it makes sense to keep these species in seperate areas if possible and realize you run an even higher risk of tetanus if you have horses and calves. On another note, I watched several castrations on 2 day old Hereford calves last week and it was blood less. Only one cut to the bottom third of scrotum and then the testicals were pulled out and the tissue stripped back as usual. Then the cremaster muscle was pulled until it broke ( you could hear the snap ) The spermatic cord was then pulled until it stretched stretched stretched until it also snapped and recoiled. The recoil inside stops [b]all[/b] bleeding. Very impressive, very quick and the calves walked away without a sound. [/QUOTE]
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