> With cows, sheep etc this is simply standard practice, and it is simple to
> exclude vulnerable individuals from contributing to the next generation.
> Rule of thumb: if you need to get the vet out, they go to market - out of
> the possibility of breeding. The selection of the best parents is
> undertaken as a high art.
>
Please clarify this. If they "need to get the vet out, they go to market"?
Certainly makes me want to stay away from organic meat.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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