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“Goats and Calcium Stones”

A lot of farmers are aware that many ungulates are prone to urinary calculi.  These are stones, kidney and bladder stones, that can potentially clog the urinary tract.  The risk is greater in male animals due to their more petite urinary tract, compared to the females’.  It’s said that intact males fair better than males castrated young, as they are able to develop larger tracts, but it seems like most of the horror stories I’ve…

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