White Muscle Disease High School Project

I am in high school and for my AP Chemistry class we have to do an end of the year research paper. Since I like cows and I live in a state with soil deficient in selenium, I chose to do my project on WMD. I was wondering if anyone had any personnal experience with the disease or any stories they could tell so I could get some more real-life information. (much better in some cases than acedemic journals IMO) Also, does anyone have any pictures of animals they have had with WMD. Thanks!

FarmerWanna-Be said:

I am in high school and for my AP Chemistry class we have to do an end of the year research paper. Since I like cows and I live in a state with soil deficient in selenium, I chose to do my project on WMD. I was wondering if anyone had any personnal experience with the disease or any stories they could tell so I could get some more real-life information. (much better in some cases than acedemic journals IMO) Also, does anyone have any pictures of animals they have had with WMD. Thanks!

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I have a calf with it right now. Shes almost two months old and walks with a little limp  due to the fact that the muscle on her right hip was completely gone when she was born. I woke up every morning at 530 before i went to high school and set her on my knee so that she could suck then three more times through out the day it was a long two weeks biut eventually she got up on her own. We took her to the vet who gave her a shot of BO SE and said if shes not better in two weeks she probably will never be okay. But i grew kinda of attached to the little calf so shes just gonna limp around here and will see if she gets better. I have pics i can email you if you need them. and maybe some more info on it if you need it.

FarmerWanna-Be said:

I am in high school and for my AP Chemistry class we have to do an end of the year research paper. Since I like cows and I live in a state with soil deficient in selenium, I chose to do my project on WMD. I was wondering if anyone had any personnal experience with the disease or any stories they could tell so I could get some more real-life information. (much better in some cases than acedemic journals IMO) Also, does anyone have any pictures of animals they have had with WMD. Thanks!

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you might try the california cattlemens association or UC davis as southern california is a selenium deficient area.  you might also look up kesterson reservoir.

Thanks for the info. Good luck with the calf Andersen. More information and pics would be great! My email is [email protected]. Thanks! I'll look that up knabe. Thanks!