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Cattle study targets disease that kills high-altitude stock

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Three young bulls in a herd of 100 roaming the Valles Caldera National Preserve graze on July 25 near Jemez Springs, N.M.

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More than 100 young Angus and Hereford bulls are on a working vacation at 8,700 feet above sea level in northern New Mexico, chomping on lush, high-meadow grass, helping researchers and ranchers get a handle on a disease that causes 75,000 cattle deaths each year across the West.


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This article was published August 25, 2009 at 2:51 a.m.

Business, Pages 21, 26 on 08/25/2009

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