Whew! So the team managed to survive a HUGE day of sampling in the field today! The homestead from which we sampled swelled in size it seemed since we last visited and the 18 people that we expected quickly turned into 21 with the addition of some folks that weren't expected to be around. Luckily we had just enough post-sampling snacks(Coca-Cola, white bread and glucose powder) to make it to the last rather relieved child.
As always we attracted a huge crowd. One of the cattle we wanted to sample was mistakenly lead out to graze before we got to sample it. So when we finished the rest, we hopped in the truck and headed out with the calf's owner to where he had it tethered. By this time, it was the period of the day when the school-aged children are let out of school for lunch... and we happened to be in a field right between a school and a cluster of homes. I think there were more than a few children that missed lunch today on account of standing in that field to watch us wrestle with and examine the calf!
Tomorrow would seem a short day now with only 7 people and 7 cattle!! I can only hope that their cattle are as well behaved as the ones we worked with today. Except the one that was trying to lay down during its blood draw, they were pretty good. For that heifer, I was about the only thing between her and the ground for a good few minutes... Thank God I brought Icy/Hot to Kenya.
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