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Another Canadian Mad Cow
Even though cattle remains were banned from cattle feed
ten years ago, new cases of Mad Cow Disease continue to be found. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/st...w-alberta.html |
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Another Canadian Mad Cow
id=9184296B-D4ED-49A2-A173-AEB0DD18A6CE "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message ... > Even though cattle remains were banned from cattle feed > ten years ago, new cases of Mad Cow Disease continue to be > found. > > http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/st...w-alberta.html And your point is? BSE (mad cow disease) is a naturally ocurring thing. It was accelerated by the idiotic practice of feeding animal 'remains' to cattle that normally feed on vegetation. There is nothing abnormal about the odd diagnosis of this condition. And this does not, in any way, indicate a higher risk in the food chain. This (vanishingly small risk) has always been present. The only change has been the awareness of the disease and the vigilance to keep any suspect animals out of the human (and any other) feed source. Ken. |
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Another Canadian Mad Cow
Ken Davey wrote:
> > id=9184296B-D4ED-49A2-A173-AEB0DD18A6CE > "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message > ... > > Even though cattle remains were banned from cattle feed > > ten years ago, new cases of Mad Cow Disease continue to be > > found. > > > > http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/st...w-alberta.html > > And your point is? > BSE (mad cow disease) is a naturally ocurring thing. It was accelerated > by the idiotic practice of feeding animal 'remains' to cattle that > normally feed on vegetation. > There is nothing abnormal about the odd diagnosis of this condition. > And this does not, in any way, indicate a higher risk in the food chain. > This (vanishingly small risk) has always been present. The only change > has been the awareness of the disease and the vigilance to keep any > suspect animals out of the human (and any other) feed source. What evidence do you have that it was present in North American herds before being introduced from Europe? It was not here before it was introduced, but it's here now and it's spreading. We're in the early stages of an epidemic which will only get worse as time passes. Quoting from the report of the USDA's own panel of experts: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues...BSE_Report.pdf "The subcommittee recommends that future surveillance programmes should be targeted to the population with highest risk of exposure to the BSE agent. At some point in the past, targeting based on the location of cattle imported from Europe and other BSE risk countries, their points of slaughter and rendering and subsequent consumption in cattle feed was theoretically possible. However, with the passage of time since the importations and the amplification of the agent within North America, this approach is no longer appropriate." It is not in the public interest to have the USDA resisting the effort to test for Mad Cow Disease: http://www.foodconsumer.org/777/8/US..._program.shtml Or to have the NIH attempting to destroy evidence of the progress of the epidemic: http://www.organicconsumers.org/madc...verup32505.cfm |
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Another Canadian Mad Cow
"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message ... > Ken Davey wrote: >> >> id=9184296B-D4ED-49A2-A173-AEB0DD18A6CE >> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message >> ... >> > Even though cattle remains were banned from cattle feed >> > ten years ago, new cases of Mad Cow Disease continue to be >> > found. >> > >> > http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/st...w-alberta.html >> >> And your point is? >> BSE (mad cow disease) is a naturally ocurring thing. It was accelerated >> by the idiotic practice of feeding animal 'remains' to cattle that >> normally feed on vegetation. >> There is nothing abnormal about the odd diagnosis of this condition. >> And this does not, in any way, indicate a higher risk in the food chain. >> This (vanishingly small risk) has always been present. The only change >> has been the awareness of the disease and the vigilance to keep any >> suspect animals out of the human (and any other) feed source. > > What evidence do you have that it was present > in North American herds before being introduced > from Europe? It was not here before it was > introduced, but it's here now and it's spreading. > We're in the early stages of an epidemic which > will only get worse as time passes. > The problem with this approach is that there *is* no evidence as there was no recognition of this disease prior to 1987. Similar diseases such as scrapie in sheep were recognized centuries ago. Its presence in humans (CJD) also has a long history. Recognition of the problem has resulted in rather thorough testing in some jurisdictions. There is every reason to believe (as some research is suggesting) that it can arise spontainiously. Time will tell as new discoveries are made in this field . The statement "We're in the early stages of an epidemic..." is totally without basis in fact! Regards. Ken. |
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Another Canadian Mad Cow
Ken Davey wrote:
> > There is every reason to believe (as some research is suggesting) > that it can arise spontainiously. > Time will tell as new discoveries are made in this field . > The statement "We're in the early stages of an epidemic..." is totally > without basis in fact! There's a much stronger basis for saying that than to try to paint this as something that's always been around at a low level, as you attempted to do. For example, the first case of Mad Cow Disease in North America was found in 1993 in Canada in a cow imported from England. And the first case of Mad Cow Disease in the U.S. was discovered in a cow imported from Canada. There is a clear timeline of the introduction and spread of this dread disease. As the USDA's own panel of experts said in their 1994 report: "At some point in the past, targeting based on the location of cattle imported from Europe and other BSE risk countries, their points of slaughter and rendering and subsequent consumption in cattle feed was theoretically possible. However, with the passage of time since the importations and the amplification of the agent within North America, this approach is no longer appropriate." You can read the whole report he http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues...BSE_Report.pdf What that means is that the infectious agent was introduced from a BSE-risk country, and that the agent has spread (amplified) within North American heards. This is a growing problem, and we are in the early stages of it. |
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