You can learn a lot about a food product by reading the related industry magazine. If you still drink body fluids from diseased animals, this news may gross you out. Investigators found leg lesions, and 61 percent of the cows harbored infectious spirichetes. We learn that an anti-inflammatory drug has benefits during dehorning.
Researchers recommend a sedative for dehorned cows followed by a local anesthetic.
Since they are advising this technique, one must imagine that many dairymen don't follow this advice and cause great pain to their cows. The same column warns farmers to understand mycotoxins which cause excessive vaginal discharge, udder enlargement, and diarrhea. These cows sure have problems, and most Americans are eating their resulting byproducts. Dairy consumers should question milk's wholesomeness after reading the veterinarian's column. Dave Linn writes about milk quality.