> 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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