Athos

43% of TARGET

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43% of TARGET 😢

This is Athos!  He and his 2 friends Porths and Aramis were rescued from a farm up in north lincolnshire after they had been deemed as "poor doers" and therefore were not worth the farmers time and expense to continue to feed as they were not going to make the necessary weight to yield a decent profit at slaughter. So we took Monty our transport van up to Market Raisen and fetched the 3 small boys home.

They were indeed all thin and clearly something was wrong. Blood tests revealed that they all had BVD (Bovine Viral Diarrhea) which fortunately was treatable with antibotics. Sadly it transpired that Aramis was a PI. That means Persistantly Infected meaning that he caught the virus whilst developing in his mothers womb and his immune system became integrated with the virus rather than recognising it as a threat. PI animals dont suffer with the illness symptoms, BUT shed virus all the time meaning that in the indstry they are culled, but we were able to keep Aramis separate from the other cows. PI animals generally dont make it to 2 due to other factors, but Aramais lived until he was 4. 

Athos fully recovered and is in fantastic condition and would love to stay safe at the sanctuary with his best friend Porthos.