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we stopped feeding kale all winter back in 78, when we built a nice big shed, it was for our convenience then, the next generation trying it now', but i don't really approve, to muddy.
If you had read the next post, those two cows were autumn calvers, and most certainly not on kale, also made it clear, if any care look 'wrong' outside, they are brought in and treated. I try to use other words than shooting, because you never know who is 'looking'.
The 'fully legally protected', shows you haven't been targeted yet, by the veg/vegan lot, if you are ever unlucky to be so, that phrase, will become of the utmost importance, if you have followed the protocol, as we now do, unless you have done something incredibly stupid, you cannot be successfully prosecuted, what we call welfare, and what they call cruelty, is very close, and they have a very good way of showing 'a case', from the worst possible angle.
Having experienced it, and passing rt/min inspections, to their complete satisfaction, we have the protocol, for anything other than minor, isolate, treat, if no obvious response in 48 hrs, vet advice, if no obvious improvement, we shoot, dead simple. If you follow that, they cannot argue, and yes, we shoot a lot quicker than we would like, we never knew someone was creeping around, when we were not about, and it took her 9mths to find something, that looked bad, but actually wasn't, as rt and min vets agreed.
I only post to warn farmers what can very easily happen, personally i'd rather 'forget'.
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, 1 inconclusive so she is in isolation and she is the only one which needs to be retested after talking to AH today.
