JoAnn Alumbaugh shares some perspective on the potential challenges of euthanizing livestock following weather events, wildfires and in the face of an epidemic disease following the 2018 USAHA meeting.
Unlike a foreign animal disease outbreak. . . the reason to euthanize after a fire or blizzard is to end animal suffering.
Source: Dairy Herd Management, October 31, 2018.Link.
In situations where you have to put down a lot of animals, it works on your mind,” Dave Sjeklocha, DVM, said. “You get tired of hearing the gun shots. And especially in cow-calf operations, there’s a strong emotional attachment between ranchers and their herds.”
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