Here we go again. . .
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June 10th, 2008 at 6:50 am
Just read it on Sarpy Sam’s blog. Awful!
June 10th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Just read about this in the paper and thought of you. What will the impact be?
June 10th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
I thought of you right away when I heard this on the 5:30 news last evening….and was relieved to hear it wasn’t your herd, or area. However, I know someone else will have to go through the financial, time, and energy loss that you had to last year.
It will be interesting to see if the state takes a different tack this time, or responds in a right and timely manner.
Maybe you will be visiting Helena again, as an advocate?
June 10th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
It will effect Karen and everyone else in Montana who owns any cattle. Every breeding animal will have to be bled before it can be moved over a county line. Not just once, either, as I understand the rules.
In our pens (in Wyoming) are hundreds of heifers that have recently been AI’ed. Everyone of them was vaccinated earlier for the disease. So was the “hot” cow. Is anyone working on the vaccine? It seems like with all that is at stake, a vaccine that works would be a top priority.