- EAST WINDSOR, Conn. -- University
of Connecticut officials were performing a necropsy to determine what killed
five calves at an East Windsor farm.
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- A neighbor called police Sunday afternoon to report that
someone was attempting to bury five cows in a field, the Journal Inquirer
of Manchester reported.
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- A sixth calf had a fever and was being treated with antibiotics,
East Windsor animal control officer John Patsky said.
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- Patsky said there were no signs of mad cow disease. He
said he has never seen anything similar before.
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- "There's no markings on them," Patsky told
WFSB-TV. "It's got to be some type of disease."
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- Patsky said the eight mature cows in the herd appeared
healthy. He said it could have been something the three- to four-month
old calves ate or drank, or a bacteria or virus.
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- Results of the necropsy were expected Tuesday afternoon
at the earliest.
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- Patsky notified the state Department of Public Health.
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- Ray Jones, who lives near the Harrington Road farm, said
the cows were making a lot of noise over the weekend.
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- "A lot of mooing. It was loud," Jones said.
"I live five doors down and I could hear it like it was in my backyard.
And it went on all day long. I wasn't just something that went on for a
few minutes."
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- The owner of the farm was reportedly in South Africa
and returning to Connecticut. Patsky said the owner, whom he would not
name, hired a part-time caretaker to tend to the beef herd, and the caretaker
was very upset about the deaths.
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- Karen Grava, a spokeswoman for UConn, said she could
not immediately comment on the testing. One calf was taken to a veterinary
laboratory on the Storrs campus for the examination.
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