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Bulls cannot breed at Inverell.
They are becoming infertile from their testicles overheating.
Mares are not falling pregnant, and through the heat, piglets and calves are aborting.
- Gundi Rhoades
- Brisbane Times
My work as a veterinarian has changed so much.
While I would normally test bulls for fertility, or herds of cattle for pregnancy, I no longer do, because the livestock has been sold.
A client’s stud stock in Inverell has reduced from 2000 breeders to zero.
I once assisted farmers who have spent their lives developing breeding programs, with historic bloodlines that go back 80…