100 Head of Cattle falling over dead!

Man in Wyoming ^ | Unknown | Unknown

[savedbygrace]

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

[exit82]

The culprit is deadly flatulence. Toxic cow farts. Does it every time. The pace of global warming just accelerated.

[Conspiracy Guy]

100 head why that's 400 feet of cattle. This is series, I mean this is hugh.

[chantal7]

LOL! You have a point there but then those terrorists don't to make alot of sense with what they say or do.

[quack]

It's the chikens!!!

[Snowy]

100 head why that's 400 feet of cattle. This is series, I mean this is hugh.

If they were all dead, then they must have been lying down, or... 'ground' beef.

[chantal7]

Hmmmmm..apparently I didn't make much sense in that sentence. ROFL!

It's supposed to be: LOL! You have a point there but then those terrorists don't seem to make alot of sense with what they say or do.

[meadsjn]

Here's an article about a similar incident in AZ last fall.

http://www.sierratimes.com/02/11/05/arkb110502.htm

AZ: Mysterious Cattle Death in Navajo County
By Kathy Gibson-Boatman
Published 11. 4. 02 at 19:16 Sierra Time


Arizona ranchers are facing a new and deadly threat. In Northeastern Arizona. Larry Gibson, Seibert Cattle Co. received the first report of dead cows on Monday September 23, 2002. A school bus driver noticed a dead cow just off the road as he was driving his route.
The local Forest Service office received numerous calls reporting dead cows near Heber and contacted Larry to remove them. Larry and his wife Janet received additional calls as more animals were noticed along the road. All of the cattle affected have been in the same pasture.

Larry contacted the authorities including, his Veterinarian, Dr. William Wafer, and the Navajo County Sheriff’s office. By September 25th the death toll had climbed to fifteen. . With assistance from a Sheriff’s Deputy, the cows were checked for bullet holes but none were found. The cows appear to have eaten something toxic, causing neurological stress and rapid death. Larry found one cow showing signs of distress; she was loosing fluids and motor functions while not exhibiting any signs of infection or fever. The men loaded her in a trailer, and rushed to the University of Arizona Veterinary Diagnostic Lab. She died on the trip to Tucson.

Officials suspected nitrate poison from Pigweed may have been the cause. Nitrogen appears naturally in plants and on a few occasions has poisoned cattle. Kendall Hughes, range Conservationist with the Forest Service was on site and assisted Larry with gathering samples of the weeds, water, tissues and organs. Early test results conducted at the U of A did not support the nitrogen theory. Samples were sent to the University of Michigan for additional heavy metal studies.

On Saturday September 28, while the Gibson family was attending the Congressional Hearing on the Rodeo Chediski Fire, John Seibert, owner of the ranch was contacted by another Vet to inquire about the test results. A similar situation was occurring near Springerville, Arizona. The twenty-six bar ranch, owned by the Hopi tribe had about thirty head of cattle down and couldn’t figure out why.

On September 30th, I called the Arizona Cattle Growers Association and the Farm Bureau Federation to get advice. They referred me to the Arizona Department of Agriculture, Animal Services Division and the State Veterinarian. I called to request their assistance and provided their office with all of the information I had to that point. I was assured they would check with their inspectors, consult with the U of A and try to determine the cause of death. There are now 38 dead cows near Heber, and even more at the 26 Bar Ranch near Springerville where over 140 cows have died.

Both incidents may have a common thread. Cattle were gathered and held overnight in an enclosure, then driven to a new pasture, and taken to a water source. In the Heber incident, the water source was a stock tank. Near Springerville, the Little Colorado River is the source of the water.

Preliminary testing has not identified any toxins in the samples that were examined. Field tests were conducted by Doctors Blair and Northam with the Arizona Department of Agriculture on October 10. They searched for a variety of poisonous weeds, but did not locate an abundance of any one poisonous plant, or any conclusive evidence from the tests conducted. They theorize that a combination of factors contributed to this situation. Both locations, Heber and Springerville had experienced a change in the monsoon cycle and changes in the growth of the weeds due to drought. The cattle consumed something that was toxic under the circumstances that might not ordinarily be harmful, possibly some sort of metabolic change in the weeds. Dr. Carlos Reggiardo, DVM with the U of A received results October 10, 2002, the tests done with the University of Michigan were inconclusive in the Seibert Cattle death, it remains a mystery.

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Kathy Gibson-Boatman writes about western natural resource issues from her home in Chandler, Arizona, where she owns and operates an errand and personal assistant service with expertise in the insurance field. Her interests are her family’s pioneer history and the life and times of a cattle ranch on Arizona’s Mogollon Rim. Correspondence should be sent to 4939 W Ray Rd #4307, Chandler, AZ 85226.


© 2002 SierraTimes.com (unless otherwise noted)

[Britton J Wingfield]

Sounds like the work of a Chupacabra.

[San Jacinto]

*Tori looks at you sheepishly*

Better watch it. In Wyoming that can be considered a 'come on'.

[EternalVigilance]

100 Head of Cattle falling over dead!

"There is now a report that PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals) activists rushed to the scene to see if they could in any way salvage the situation..."

[chantal7]

Oh my, no. It just seems like so many people have watched "Close Encounters" and enjoyed it and I always felt there must be something lacking in me not to have had the same reaction to the movie that alot of people had.

[KneelBeforeZod]

Look, it was a science fair project, f'Petessake...I needed two lousy cattle anuses, TWO.

Making hotdogs??? dont forget the ears!!

[San Jacinto]

jimson weed? lightning?

A cereal killer looking for milk?

[leadpenny]

When I was a kid in Michigan a neighbor had some of his cows get loose. They got into some paint cans and it killed about a dozen of them, almost, right where they stood (I mean, fell over).

[yankeedame]

100 head why that's 400 feet of cattle. This is series, I mean this is hugh.

LOL!!
Playin' the Catskills this summer, huh? Then who knows? Someday Vegas!

[San Jacinto]

The lady asked me if I could find out more.

Looks like you came to the right place. You are really getting your money's worth.

[chantal7]

My dad is a farmer/rancher here in Oklahoma and I don't recall ever hearing about something similiar to this here. Although it seems to me, as a child I heard alot of concern expressed about hoof and mouth disease and sleeping sickness.

[spectre]

Heads up..ping.

[yankeedame]

Sounds like the work of a Chupacabra.

Chupacabra? Wasn't that that one-hit-wonder group from Ireland? You know: "I get knocked down, but I get up again...."