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Article: Homeopathy for your livestock.(Livestock health)
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- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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Countryside: In the Jan/Feb 2006, I cringed when I read the article "'Wry Neck' Could Mean Listeriosis," by C.E. Spaulding, DVM. In it, Sandra of Nebraska stated: "One of our does seemed to be a perfect mother. She had large, healthy litters and cared for them well. She was quite reliable until her last two litters. She scattered the young all over the cage, scratched them rather badly and refused to care for them." Dr. Spaulding's response was: "Yes, some does do get extremely 'crabby' and take out their frustrations on their young. Butchering seems to be the only cure."
As my 70-something neighbor would say: Bull butter! Let me quote another veterinarian: ...