Re: RC: RE: Horses and deer

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/11/99 5:52:57 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
forbes@mountainmax.net writes:

<< I beg to differ.  While I love the deer and elk herds that grace out yard
 all winter (I counted 38 elk within a 100 yd. radius one morning), that
 exposure also also subjects them to DEER LICE that like to hop onto your
 horses.  >>

Wildlife can also be a source of such diseases as leptospirosis and 
brucellosis.  My stallion Abu Ben Surrabu is now totally blind after a 
10-year fight with periodic ophthalmia secondary to leptospirosis.  He spent 
two years at our family ranch in central Idaho as a young horse and 
contracted it there.  Our cattle are all vaccinated, so the deer and elk that 
mingle with the livestock are the likely source.

Heidi


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