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- Abstract:
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- On May 20, 2000 NIDS was alerted to a two year old Charolais
cow which had been mutilated near Cuba New Mexico, three days previously
but the animal had survived. The animal was recovering at a nearby veterinary
clinic. On May 22, 2000 the NIDS veterinarian plus two NIDS investigators
arrived to examine it. The animal,s left ear had been removed completely,
its right ear was substantially removed and the animal,s lips appeared
to have been injured or degraded. A search for needle marks was negative.
Both veterinarians concurred that there was no evidence whatsoever that
the animal had been attacked by predators or scavengers. Rather, they concurred
that a sharp instrument had likely been used to remove the ears. Multiple
blood samples, a small tissue biopsy and fecal samples were taken and analyzed.
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- The report on this unusual case can be found at { HYPERLINK
"http://www.nidsci.org" }
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- The report includes photographs of the animal, plus the
results of the analysis that was undertaken. It also contains a discussion
on the likely methods used to immobilize the animal.
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