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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 16375"><p>> "Mad cow disease needs to be dealt</p><p>> with appropriately, to be sure,</p><p>> but destroying all the cattle that</p><p>> ever shared a pasture with an</p><p>> infected animal to stupid,</p><p>> economically foolish, "</p><p></p><p>Given that this is a manmade disease, and that our beef/cattle etc can no longer be exported to many countries, costing us millions; other than slaughtering the cattle, how would YOU find the source of the single positive cow's infection? It is highly likely that some incorrect feed (ie chicken feed) was fed to this cow at some point in her life, and to find the source, the only reliable test is on brain tissue--ie slaughtering herds. Should we as Canadians just keep our borders closed and live with the possibility of a case every year or two instead? That would cost us billions, not the pittance tracking it now will cost in comparison. JMHO as a Canadian, veterinarian and cattle producer. V</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 16375"] > "Mad cow disease needs to be dealt > with appropriately, to be sure, > but destroying all the cattle that > ever shared a pasture with an > infected animal to stupid, > economically foolish, " Given that this is a manmade disease, and that our beef/cattle etc can no longer be exported to many countries, costing us millions; other than slaughtering the cattle, how would YOU find the source of the single positive cow's infection? It is highly likely that some incorrect feed (ie chicken feed) was fed to this cow at some point in her life, and to find the source, the only reliable test is on brain tissue--ie slaughtering herds. Should we as Canadians just keep our borders closed and live with the possibility of a case every year or two instead? That would cost us billions, not the pittance tracking it now will cost in comparison. JMHO as a Canadian, veterinarian and cattle producer. V [/QUOTE]
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