daf bit: Chullin 130

[cellio]

The mishna teaches: if an animal had a permanent physical blemish before it was consecrated (for the temple), it can be worked and shorn and after it has been redeemed, its young and milk are permitted. But if an animal contracts a permanent physical blemish after being consecrated, then it cannot be worked or shorn and even after it is redeemed its young and milk are forbidden. (131a)

The rule seems to be that once an animal is dedicated to the temple you can't derive benefit from it unless the dedication would have been disqualified had somebody noticed the blemish. But there's a lot of g'mara and I don't understand it all.

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[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Seems practical. If it got a new blemish chances are it's a disease or cancer...