The Answer. Being an old DBA, I suspected the recently reloaded computer system data. The expert in the transmission system said it was probably the florescent light ballast that was degaussing the transmitters. But it was a power company rep, in to check for stray voltage, that asked the herdsman why a cow was sucking on another cow's collar. As the herdsman watched, Mikey (cow 773) would go from cow to cow, lean down, and chew on the transmitter around her neck (cows must have a much smaller personal space radii than I do). The transmitters have a soft plastic covering so they don't hurt the cows and Mikey liked the feeling of her teeth sinking into it. Since cows only have front teeth on their bottom jaw, only one side of the transmitters was "chewed up". If she bit hard enough the transmitters cracked and stopped working. Mikey is, for now, in solitary.
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