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<blockquote data-quote="Cowabunga" data-source="post: 4409998" data-attributes="member: 718"><p>I can tell you are not a farmer.</p><p>Animals are sent to slaughter, in this case cull animals, not animals specifically bred for meat, when they need to be sent, usually for various welfare reasons but also due to disease issues such as recurrent mastitis that the farmer does not believe is sensible to treat with antibiotics, or lameness, arthritis and lord knows what. These will not be forward planned culls being sent for no particular reason. Yes, a great many will be pregnant, especially when run with bulls or rams. Its a biological and scientific fact that animals don't practise safe sex with birth control. That's unfortunate but that's the reality of life and death. Hopefully they will be killed humanely and legally.</p><p></p><p>Slaughterhouses almost mandate that animals are fasted for at least 12 hours before slaughter, because the less stomach and bowel contents they have, the less the risk of faecal and bacteriological contamination of the meat. Most people fast for 12 hours every day and if they miss breakfast, often 18 hours, so I don't see much problem with that long, as long as they have water.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowabunga, post: 4409998, member: 718"] I can tell you are not a farmer. Animals are sent to slaughter, in this case cull animals, not animals specifically bred for meat, when they need to be sent, usually for various welfare reasons but also due to disease issues such as recurrent mastitis that the farmer does not believe is sensible to treat with antibiotics, or lameness, arthritis and lord knows what. These will not be forward planned culls being sent for no particular reason. Yes, a great many will be pregnant, especially when run with bulls or rams. Its a biological and scientific fact that animals don't practise safe sex with birth control. That's unfortunate but that's the reality of life and death. Hopefully they will be killed humanely and legally. Slaughterhouses almost mandate that animals are fasted for at least 12 hours before slaughter, because the less stomach and bowel contents they have, the less the risk of faecal and bacteriological contamination of the meat. Most people fast for 12 hours every day and if they miss breakfast, often 18 hours, so I don't see much problem with that long, as long as they have water. [/QUOTE]
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