Re: Trace elements and TB


" Jill" <newsNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Jim Webster wrote:
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>> selenium. So if selenium was a problem, then surely high yielding
>> dairy herds would be the least likely to be effected by Selenium.
>>
>> Are companies selling mineral supplements going through a hard time
>> at the moment?
>
> Was there not something quite recently about taking out some of the
> supplements like selenium in feeds?
> I cannot for the life of me remember where I saw it - or whether it was
> only some feeds. Costs and regulations come to mind as reasons
> I am in the middle of completely reorganising my office so can find
> NOTHING !!!!

Judging from the past five epidemics, I imagine that the spread of TB in
cattle within the UK is caused by three elements.

1. Excessive movements.
2. Excessive compensation.
3. A totally incompetent and corrupt State Veterinary Service.

It is not that complicated.

You don't need badgers when you have crooks running livestock farming.

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Pat Gardiner
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