[Pil-pc-oceania] Free BD preps for non BD gardeners only!

[Tamara Griffiths]

>From my friend Sue:


Well, there is nothing nice or painless about de-horning.  I have just
had 6 young bulls done and used the vet.  A sedative is administered
and the horn removed with a wire (like a saw).  It is painful and there
is a lot of blood.  Within 3 days they are cheerful again but it bleeds
if knocked.  
Our
former sharefarmer used to remove the heifers horns as they went into
the shed for the first time which we thought appalling. He used
de-horners (like nail clippers sort of).  Last year we persuaded him to
get the horns burnt off the baby calves.  Pain for half a day.  
I
think it won't be long before abattoirs refuse to take horned animals,
for two reasons.  Safety for operators, but mainly to prevent carcasse
bruising.  There is no doubt that cattle with horns do not hesitate to
use them.


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Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 18:56:52 +1000
Subject: Re: [Pil-pc-oceania] Free BD preps for non BD gardeners only!


On 21/05/2008, at 6:16 PM, Tamara Griffiths wrote:I am imagining an extremely patient cow lying in the compost...

I meant the horn was taken off the living cow...
So they are ripped off a living cow for the practice of BD preparations ? 

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