I know we've all been concerned about this so I was glad to find this study:
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I know we've all been concerned about this so I was glad to find this study:
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On this note - there is a Nigerian Breeder near to me who breeds ALOT of goats. Nice goats who win a lot in shows and do good milking. She is very conventional but believes that GMO grains have caused miscarriages and strange behavior in her does and bucks. She now works hard getting non-GMO grains. Not necessarily organic. I hope to talk to her soon as see if she has had any changes she can see yet.
Perhaps a lot of us should write in to that study and comment?
I didn't mean to like it as in "like" what it said. Clearly - someone paid for this study! Just like the "studies" done on raw food for dogs and cats that "proved" they are dangerous to humans and the animals - only to be proven later to be incomplete science.
I'm learning facebook-ese and thought by liking - I'd see anytime others posted. Sorry for confusion!
I absolutely agree with you Glenna, and I always look to make sure it's from an authoritative source (I work for google and trained in this). That said, it's a very good point that the GMO of today is probably quite different from what it was 30 years ago, or even 10 years ago.
I feed commercial grain to my does (Purina Goat Chow) and I give beet pulp to my boys as a booster to the hay they get. Both are GMO and I hate it but I don't find much in the way of viable alternatives. It's not practical or affordable for me to source organic non-GMO grains and I don't feel confident to mix it to the correct balance anyway. All I can do at this point is hope there will not be any repercussions in my herd from GMO. I grow my own food and carefully source what I have to supplement with and I wish it were that easy with the goats.
Whenever I read any type of study on a controversial topic, I look at who conducted the study as well as who funded it or the organization that produced the study. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but there is a lot of contradicting information out there including humans who have health issues from GMO food, having severely increased in the last 5-10 years. The truth is the foods that have been on the market long-term are different from the more recent ones. The wheat and corn of my childhood from my grandfather's farm is not the wheat and corn of today - even the "big boys" don't claim it is.
What I am saying is that is good to review many studies by dramatically different researchers. There is a reason other countries have banned GMO foods - I want to know the truth and I'm not sure we will ever be allowed it one way or the other in this country. It is all so very sad.