Re: [AlpacaTalk] CA
Also, I think it will be very hard to find out if an animal has any ancestors who have thrown CA, unless people start disclosing what they know. Meagan isn't saying, and apparently she has quite a database compiled. So what will it take? You can't sit around and point fingers if the information isn't available to everyone.
Heather
On Jun 25, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Heather Zeleny wrote:
Turns out, this female has had only 3 crias. All 3 had CA. Is it possible that this breeder was so unlucky to choose 3 different sires that carry the CA gene? I find that to be pretty poor odds. In this case, it might actually be environmental causes.This breeder is the one who I heard the suspected link between CA and Formula 409 from. He himself admitted to using that product to clean his water buckets. And he was horrified to think that he may have caused this, himself. In answer to the person who ranted about someone using this product in their farm management, well, this is apparently safe for use in human kitchens, why would someone think it would not be safe for use in animal management?So I think we need to wait for studies to be completed before we start culling every animal that had CA in its lineage. Otherwise, I think we may be culling every alpaca in the US.Heather
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