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jmowreader

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12. Have you heard of Hardware Disease in cattle?

Reply to csziggy (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 06:46 AM

Jun 2016

Cows swallow metal. It's what they do. If Something Is Not Done the metal will kill your cow. The "something" is to feed your cows magnets when they're still calves, one per customer.

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Dog swallows Gorilla Glue; vet extracts perfect mold of stomach [View all] NWCorona Jun 2016 OP

geez...dogs...mine ate Mardi Grai beads irisblue Jun 2016 #1

I had a cat that would eat the oddest things and had to two surgeries NWCorona Jun 2016 #2

How is this done? Is the stomach roody Jun 2016 #3

That's a good question. NWCorona Jun 2016 #4

they had to cut open her stomach magical thyme Jun 2016 #10

They would have had to cut the stomach open jmowreader Jun 2016 #11

Yiped shenmue Jun 2016 #5

The state lab used to have a display of things found in pets' stomachs csziggy Jun 2016 #6

Now you have me thinking of that movie Snatch with that dog who swallowed a big diamond. NWCorona Jun 2016 #7

Have you heard of Hardware Disease in cattle? jmowreader Jun 2016 #12

Yes - and seen what can happen if it's not treated csziggy Jun 2016 #13

Sure glad Lake's person, Krystal Wilson was watchful enough to get her to the doctor in time. Wow!nt Judi Lynn Jun 2016 #8

Indeed! NWCorona Jun 2016 #9