Hushton Block

Beef Production Systems Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Lacombe Research and Development Centre.

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@feedlotmagazine Hairy heel warts = digital dermatitis
Treponema sp. bacteria
Disinfectant foot baths for prevention
Was some work on a vaccine...I am uncertain on current status

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@ThrillaRilla369 Cat or Dog - Yes
Child - No

It is not about whether they can handle it if all goes as expected. It is about how they can handle the unexpected.

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@IanRunkle I like IMP (some of them), but extreme views often lead to slippery slopes...

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@PieterseMarc The false dichotomy is the pretension that livestock rearing is inherently harmful and exploitative and mandates a dietary choice of veganism.
Make your choices. Promote them to others if you wish, but do so with legitimate arguments.
There is almost always some middle ground.

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@mbpix_8 @Protect_Wldlife No, some cattle are just aggressive.

Nothing was put in it's rectum. That is just a change in pigmentation on it's vagina...one of the very strong clues that it was not a bull. Head shape, udder, musculature, and lack of preputial orifice would be others.

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@DRanchLife Deep socket with extension.

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@PieterseMarc Natural life includes predation (less humane end).
Most species reproductive rates balance survival rates to ensure stable population.
Cows at ~1 calf/y from ~2-12 y (10 calves) would be expected to only have ~2 (80% loss) survive to reproduce.
Natural lifespan is not maximum.

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@PieterseMarc Standards of practice have changed to encourage/require pain mitigation for painful practices.
Use of polled cattle to avoid dehorning is encouraged.
Male calves are very much wanted for beef production.
Natural lifespan is more like up to 15-20 y...baring illness/predation.

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@thescottbarber Beef is still inexpensive enough to keep poaching moose from being economical.

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@TheEXECUTlONER_ Vehicles exiting traffic circles have right of way...which is why vehicles entering face yield signs.

Traffic circles are wonderful for traffic flow and identifying individuals that should not be driving.

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@PieterseMarc Breed them, feed them, vaccinate and treat them as needed, milk them, and then provide them a humane exit.
That is the core of responsible animal husbandry.

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@NobodymrRobert Metal fatigue.
Failure to cut an undercut first and top cut second.
Pathological impatience.

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@EvanCScangas @HappyMotorhead "until" not "if"

How much are 60 seconds worth?

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@LaurenInTheWild @WadeDavisFarms Compost, bury, burn, predator disposal if remote and not publicly offensive, etc....there are many options better than what is shown above.

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@PieterseMarc While there are challenges, I do not see this as an insufferable problem and do not consider extinction of those breeds of cattle to be a solution.
Your apparent argument that it is intolerable has the unfortunate contradiction that the solution is even less tolerable.
Dilemma?!

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@PieterseMarc Generations of farmers did select generations of dairy cattle for milk production to get to the point we are at now.
If that is an insufferable problem, then the 'easy' exit would be to extinct those breeds of cattle as they are not viable outside of a modern dairy system.

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@MichaelGrahamSC Find yourself the equivalent of an auto-wrecker.
Once sold a stove where the circuit board had blown for exactly this use...someone else could fix or scavenge as they wished.

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@MahikRani50377 Myth Busters for idea testing...

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@PieterseMarc Retained placentas in dairy cows (~7%) are only slightly higher than in humans (approaching 5%). Mastitis rates are similar (~30%). Metabolic issues are managed with a level of attention to nutrition that most humans will never have access to.

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@PieterseMarc The extremes of production that dairy cattle were selected for are only possible b/c of careful care for the cows and concerns over longevity are resulting in changes in selection pressure.