Sempronius buffalo farmer Peter Head has lost 55 animals to a mysterious illness since October, but autopsies have shown no clear cause of death.
"We're going nuts down here trying to figure out what's going on," he said. "This is going to put me out of business. That's half my frickin' herd."
Head and his wife Deborah have run PDH Buffalo Farm on Route 41A for nine years. This year, 17 of his 23 calves died and he has stopped selling meat as a precaution.
"I don't want to be selling buffalo meat when I don't know what's going on here," he said.
Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine conducted necropsies on several of the carcasses but found only dehydration, Head said.
Ron Podolak of the Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation District said there is no indication that disease is spreading to neighboring farms.
"In my career, I don't remember anything quite like this," Podolak said. "There's die-offs, but usually they can determine what it is right away and treat them. ... I just wish there was something more we could do to help Pete. This is a catastrophic loss for him."
The SWCD is conducting water samples from springs on the farm, but the results have not yet come back, Head said.
For more details, see Friday's edition of The Citizen.
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And 200 cows mysteriously drop dead on Wisconsin farm; http://madcowhorses.blogspot.com/2011/01/200-cows-drop-dead-at-wisconsin-farm.html Could be chemtrail / HAARP related, or any one of the zoonotic diseases going round in nearly epidemic proportion today, Bovine TB, Brucellous, ...but you wont hear about it from the USDA or the FDA.....
I recently read that the DEC has been remiss in its inspections of AES Cayuga, the coal burning power plant along Cayuga Lake.I read that levels of mercury and lead were considerably higher than acceptable. There are also hundreds of gas wells that were drilled prior to the moratorium was enacted. It is my opinion that it is a good bet that the die off is from some form of contamination of the water table.
Two questions: 1) Is the farmer using well water to water his herd? 2) Is there "fracking" allowed in this area of NY?
We've put a lot of toxic crud into our environment, and maybe it is coming home to roost. Maybe it's a coincidence and the media are just collecting odd stories of animals dying. But we now know for sure it is our human fault that honey bees have been dying off, thanks to overuse of bad pesticides. If you try to control Nature by killing off one species, it will eventually take its toll elsewhere and come back to bite you in the rear.
Here's hoping they find the cause of the Buffalo deaths and solve it so the fella doesn't lose any more animals.
Dehydration may be caused by chemtrail residues of aluminum and barium compounds. Have soil and water samples checked for excessive levels. Observe any chemtrail activity to see if correlation with animal symptoms of poisoning.
Thousands of dead birds from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Hundreds of thousands of fish found dead in different locations. In some parts of Western Europe fireflies are disappearing, and Germany has reported that nocturnal birds do not chirp anymore. And recently I read that breeding crickets are dieing off. Looks like this pattern has finally hit home.