{"id":6245,"date":"2010-01-25T17:11:43","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T22:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=6245"},"modified":"2012-02-03T06:03:59","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T11:03:59","slug":"dairy-cattle-suffer-from-wind-turbine-syndrome-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2010\/dairy-cattle-suffer-from-wind-turbine-syndrome-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairy cattle getting Wind Turbine Syndrome? Stray voltage? (Japan)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Click here<\/em><\/a> for the full report (\u00a9Shizen to Ningen sha) in Japanese.\u00a0 The following is a brief summary, by the journalist Yuki Tsuruta—Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

—Yuki Tsuruta (1\/25\/10)<\/p>\n

I visited two small islands in Nagasaki prefecture in November 2009.\u00a0 This is what I was told by several of the dairy farmers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

(1)\u00a0 Ukujima 24.9km2<\/sup>, population 3000.\u00a0 The island has one 1000 kW wind turbine, built in 2001.<\/p>\n

(a) Farmer A<\/em> (340m from cow barn to the turbine).\u00a0 This family has been dairy farming (breeding and raising cattle) for over 40 years.\u00a0 Recently, some calves suffered from swelling of shoulder and knee joints.\u00a0 Others had spinal curvature. The symptoms in each case get worse as they grow up.<\/p>\n

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The calves with swollen joints failed to gain enough weight. They were sold at one-third their normal price.<\/p>\n

In addition, some of the cattle have weak estrus (it’s difficult to find evidence of estrus).<\/p>\n

The family is worried they won’t be able to continue dairy farming.\u00a0 \u201cWe don\u2019t know if the cause is the wind turbine. But we never experienced this kind of problem before the turbine was built.\u201d\u00a0 The local veterinarian has no idea what is causing this.<\/p>\n

(b) Farmer B<\/em> (300m from cow barn\u00a0to the turbine).\u00a0 This family has been dairy farming for about 50 years.\u00a0 Two or three years ago a calf was born with curvature of knee joints.\u00a0 The farmer doesn’t know what caused it, yet he says he never experienced this before the turbine was built.\u00a0 The local newspaper reported the story in September 2009.\u00a0 The farmer fears the newspaper story might lower the price of his calves.<\/p>\n

(2)\u00a0 Azuchioshima, approximately 15km2<\/sup>, population 1700.\u00a0 Sixteen 2000 kW\u00a0wind turbines.<\/p>\n

(c) Farmer C<\/em> (100m from cow barn\u00a0to a turbine).\u00a0 In 2009, there was a sudden death among his cattle, plus two astasia [\u201cinability to stand because of disruption of muscle coordination, usually from injury to the frontal lobes\u201d], one abasia [\u201cinability to walk\u201d] not caused by injury, and one premature birth (stillborn).\u00a0 These problems occurred three years in succession.\u00a0 A health official confirmed they were abnormal.<\/p>\n

(d) Farmer D<\/em> (210m from cow barn\u00a0to a turbine).\u00a0 Premature births occurred three years in succession.\u00a0 A newborn was stillborn in 2009.\u00a0 The farmer doesn’t know the cause.\u00a0 Recently, it has been difficlt to find estrus signs in his herd.\u00a0\u00a0The man\u00a0says he wants to quit dairy farming. He decreased his herd, commenting that “cattle are very sensitive animals. The cause might be the wind turbine noise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Yuki<\/a>
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Note that the Japanese government\u2019s recently-announced wind turbine health survey will not include livestock.
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