{"id":12089,"date":"2025-06-03T08:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=12089"},"modified":"2025-06-03T08:40:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:40:49","slug":"15-cattle-dropped-dead-in-one-day-on-colorado-ranch-remains-a-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/15-cattle-dropped-dead-in-one-day-on-colorado-ranch-remains-a-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Cattle Dropped Dead In One Day On Colorado Ranch Remains A Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An interesting report (bottom), but not a mention about vaccinations or other medicines which would be my first question. And they’ve been using mRNA vaccines on swine since 2018. So I found the following recommendation from a vet’s site quoted below. And we know from the electron microscope and testing that the quality control on COVID gene therapies was atrocious, so what’s happening with other pharmaceuticals with today’s workforce? Worth pointing out, the OCGFC who used the WEF to keep telling us we need to stop eating meat to save the world from the hoax of “global warming”, controls these pharmaceutical megacorps and bringing in a lot of ranches and farms under their big agriculture megacorps, so could they attack cattle populations? Also, they’ve engineered tick born illnesses like Lyme Disease<\/a> and Alpha-Gal Syndrome<\/a> (meat allergy), so could there be another vector and\/or illness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vaccination Schedule For Beef Cattle<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Calves:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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  1. 2-4 Months: Dehorn, Castrate bull calves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. 4 Months: 7way blackleg, IBR, BVD, BRSV, PI3, (modified live vaccine MLV). *See CAUTION NOTE BELOW*<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. 4-5 weeks prior to weaning: IBR, BVD, BRSV, PI3, Pasteurella (modified live vaccine MLV), worm. *See CAUTION NOTE BELOW*<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Weaning: IBR, BVD, BRSV, PI3, (modified live vaccine MLV), 7way blackleg booster, 5 way lepto, worm.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    v  Brucellosis (Bangs) vaccine given to heifer calves between 4-12 months old. Must be administered by a veterinarian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    v  For purchased calves, give initial vaccinations at weaning or delivery. For rapid immune response, usa an intranasal IBR, PI3 treatment in addition to modified live IBR, BVD, PI3 injection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Adult cows:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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    1. IBR, BVD, BRSV, PI3, 5way lepto annually. Must use killed vaccine if cows are pregnant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. If using natural service, vibryo given 2 weeks prior to breeding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Worm spring and fall; recommend using brand-name dewormers<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      CAUTION: Some MLV\u2019s are not recommended to give to calves that are nursing cows. Always read label and consult our office if you have any questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      https:\/\/hcvconline.com\/about-our-clinic\/recommended-vaccinations-for-large-animals<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      https:\/\/cowboystatedaily.com\/2025\/06\/02\/why-15-cattle-dropped-dead-in-one-day-on-a-colorado-ranch-remains-a-mystery\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

      <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
      A Colorado ranch family suffered a devastating loss when 15 head of cattle died suddenly in a single day. Weeks later, they still haven\u2019t figured out why.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

      By Mark Heinz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \"The
      The Higgs family ranch near Coal Creek, Colorado, lost 15 cattle in a single day. The animals, mostly heifers (mother cows) died suddenly after suffering seizures, and nobody can figure out why. (Courtesy Kerri Higgs)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      More than three weeks after 15 of their cattle fell over, suffered seizures and died in a single day on a Colorado ranch, the cattle\u2019s owners remain completely baffled as to the cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cIt\u2019s just the strangest thing. My husband has been a cowboy his entire life and he said he\u2019s never seen anything like it,\u201d Kerri Higgs told Cowboy State Daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cAt first it was devastating. Now, I\u2019m just angry. I keep going and talking to people\u201d seeking help to unravel the mystery of what killed her family\u2019s cattle, she added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2018We Just Thought It Was A Noxious Weed\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Early on May 8, Higgs got a call from her husband, telling her that while checking on a small herd made up mostly of first-time heifers (new mother cows) and calves, he and some ranch hands had found three of the cows dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Not the best of news, but not out of the ordinary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Higgs and her husband have been raising cattle for about a decade on their place near Coal Creek in Fremont County, Colorado. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      And like any ranchers, they know that occasional cattle losses are part of the business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cWe just thought it was a noxious weed\u201d that had killed the cows, she said. \u201cWe were going to deal with it, because that\u2019s what happens sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      They moved the rest of the herd out of the pasture where the three cows had died, thinking that would be the end of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Things Get Gruesome<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      But that afternoon, during further checks on the cattle, things started getting gruesome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      One of the heifers suddenly fell over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cShe would just get up and fall down. Then get up and fall back down again,\u201d Higgs said. \u201cThen she went into seizures, with her eyes rolling back into her head.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      As cattle hands watched helplessly, one cow after another, mostly the heifers, started suffering the same awful symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Some died on their own. Others were put out of their misery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cMy husband told me, \u2018I can\u2019t keep watching them suffer like that,\u2019\u201d and shot some of the cattle, Higgs said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The final death toll included 13 first-time heifers, one steer and one yearling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Survivors from the herd included 15 calves \u2014 13 of which lost their mothers \u2014 two heifers with calves, two pregnant heifers, a bull and 7 yearlings.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The Higgs\u2019 also have a second small herd of cattle, which were miles away in another pasture and unaffected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      However, to make matters worse, just after the cattle from the first herd died, one of the ranch\u2019s horses ran into a fence post and broke its neck, Higgs said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      She thinks the horse might have been sent into a panic by a predator, perhaps a mountain lion or bear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \"These
      These calves on the Higgs ranch in Colorado lost their mothers on May 8, when the mothers went into seizures and died. It is not yet known what killed the cattle. (Courtesy Kerri Higgs)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      What Killed Them?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      The county sheriff came to inspect the scene, as did a local veterinarian, Higgs said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The veterinarian determined that it was likely brain swelling that killed the cattle, but a cause has remained elusive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      There is an old oil well in the pasture where the first three cows died. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The original prognosis is that the cattle likely died from sulfate poisoning from water they drank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      But tests from water samples taken from water troughs and pooled rainwater in the pasture came back negative for sulfate contamination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cThey withdrew that original prognosis,\u201d Higgs said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC), plans to send personnel to test for gasses and soil contamination in the pasture, she added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      She\u2019d also like a thorough necropsy done on at least one of the cattle carcasses, or at least a cow\u2019s head, but that hasn\u2019t happened yet, Higgs said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Big Financial Loss<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      The cost of such a big, sudden loss of cattle is tough to calculate, Higgs said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The immediate loss, just the value of the cattle that died, is probably $50,000 to $70,000, she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      But losing 13 heifers all at once will have lingering effects, Higgs added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cWe expected to have those momma cows for 12 years each. In my opinion, we\u2019re out a quarter-million dollars because of all the calves we\u2019re never going to have from them,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      A GoFundMe site<\/u><\/a> has been set up to help the family recover from its losses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Higgs said that right after their huge loss, she and her husband briefly considered giving up on ranching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      But they love what they do and decided that quitting isn\u2019t an option, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cI think we\u2019re going to just keep trying,\u201d Higgs said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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