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<blockquote data-quote="Oldtimer" data-source="post: 48907" data-attributes="member: 97"><p>Ollie- heres more from the USDA website-- There are many theories out there about cause and transmission of BSE- but prion transmission thru feed is the current one accepted by the govt.-- Everyone needs to know the legalities and dangers involved with feeding cattle banned feeds.</p><p></p><p>Epidemiological studies have characterized the outbreak of BSE in </p><p>the United Kingdom as a prolonged epidemic arising at various </p><p>locations, with all occurrences due to a common source, and have </p><p>suggested that feed contaminated by a TSE agent was the cause of the </p><p>disease outbreak (Ref. 14). The subsequent spread of BSE, however, is </p><p>associated with the feeding of meat-and-bone-meal from rendered BSE-</p><p>infected cattle to non-infected cattle (Ref. 14). It appears likely </p><p>that the BSE agent was transmitted among cattle at an increasing rate </p><p>by ruminant-to-ruminant feeding until the United Kingdom ban on such </p><p>practices went into effect in 1988 (Ref. 11). The United Kingdom </p><p>instituted a ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban to stop the cycle of </p><p>infection, restrict the geographic spread of the disease, and eliminate </p><p>potential sources of new infections. Since BSE was first identified in </p><p>the United Kingdom, approximately 185,000 cattle have been diagnosed </p><p>with the disease there (Ref. 15). The precautionary slaughter of </p><p>millions of British cows and increasingly stringent prohibitions on </p><p>certain animal feeding practices appear to have slowed, but not </p><p>eradicated, the BSE epidemic in the United Kingdom. In 1992 (the peak </p><p>year of the epidemic), there were over 35,000 cases of BSE in the </p><p>United Kingdom; in 2003, there were approximately 458 cases (Ref. 15).</p><p> The measures used to control and prevent the spread of BSE in the </p><p>United Kingdom were too slowly developed or too poorly enforced to </p><p>prevent the occurrence of BSE in cattle in other countries to which the </p><p>United Kingdom had shipped BSE-infected cattle or cattle feed (Ref. </p><p>11). In addition to the United Kingdom, BSE has been detected in non-</p><p>imported cattle in Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, </p><p>Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, </p><p>Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the </p><p>Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Switzerland (Ref. </p><p>15). On December 23, 2003, USDA diagnosed a positive case of BSE in an </p><p>adult Holstein cow, born in Canada, in the State of Washington.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtimer, post: 48907, member: 97"] Ollie- heres more from the USDA website-- There are many theories out there about cause and transmission of BSE- but prion transmission thru feed is the current one accepted by the govt.-- Everyone needs to know the legalities and dangers involved with feeding cattle banned feeds. Epidemiological studies have characterized the outbreak of BSE in the United Kingdom as a prolonged epidemic arising at various locations, with all occurrences due to a common source, and have suggested that feed contaminated by a TSE agent was the cause of the disease outbreak (Ref. 14). The subsequent spread of BSE, however, is associated with the feeding of meat-and-bone-meal from rendered BSE- infected cattle to non-infected cattle (Ref. 14). It appears likely that the BSE agent was transmitted among cattle at an increasing rate by ruminant-to-ruminant feeding until the United Kingdom ban on such practices went into effect in 1988 (Ref. 11). The United Kingdom instituted a ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban to stop the cycle of infection, restrict the geographic spread of the disease, and eliminate potential sources of new infections. Since BSE was first identified in the United Kingdom, approximately 185,000 cattle have been diagnosed with the disease there (Ref. 15). The precautionary slaughter of millions of British cows and increasingly stringent prohibitions on certain animal feeding practices appear to have slowed, but not eradicated, the BSE epidemic in the United Kingdom. In 1992 (the peak year of the epidemic), there were over 35,000 cases of BSE in the United Kingdom; in 2003, there were approximately 458 cases (Ref. 15). The measures used to control and prevent the spread of BSE in the United Kingdom were too slowly developed or too poorly enforced to prevent the occurrence of BSE in cattle in other countries to which the United Kingdom had shipped BSE-infected cattle or cattle feed (Ref. 11). In addition to the United Kingdom, BSE has been detected in non- imported cattle in Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Switzerland (Ref. 15). On December 23, 2003, USDA diagnosed a positive case of BSE in an adult Holstein cow, born in Canada, in the State of Washington. [/QUOTE]
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