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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 16376"><p>I'm in central U.S.(Kansas) and find the whole mad cow thing incredible. Consider the facts: The disease was observed prior to 1985 by vets in Great Britian. Articles in feed trade journals started showing up about that time. It was in the early 90's before anyone suspected it could transfer to people. More than 150,000 English cattle were eventually found to have it. Incubation period seams to be approximately 7 years in cows and people. Nearly all people who contracted it likely ate infected beef products regularly for years. All but a few were residents of Great Britian. Cattle only get it from eating brain and related tissues from other infected animals. Live cattle cannot spread the disease. This is without question a manmade problem.</p><p></p><p>Second, consider the food safety issue. Hundreds of millions of serving of beef had been consumed by people in Great Britian from animals exposed to mad cow through their diet. About 100 human cases resulted, not the 100,000 some predicted. Eating anything is not 100% safe. 9000 people died in the US last year due to food poisoning. Dozens die each year due to the human form of the disease we call bangs in cattle. Over the counter pain killers lead to kidney failure and death in thousands each year. Flu kills thousands who could have been immunized. We are not 100% safe.</p><p></p><p>The prion that causes mad cow is undetectable in muscle tissue even in cows who have died from mad cow. Cooking to pasturization temperature kills almost all prions.</p><p></p><p>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, and sends the message to consumers that mad cow has the potential to be a plague that it never was and cannot be.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:jcoover@chanuteks.com">jcoover@chanuteks.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 16376"] I'm in central U.S.(Kansas) and find the whole mad cow thing incredible. Consider the facts: The disease was observed prior to 1985 by vets in Great Britian. Articles in feed trade journals started showing up about that time. It was in the early 90's before anyone suspected it could transfer to people. More than 150,000 English cattle were eventually found to have it. Incubation period seams to be approximately 7 years in cows and people. Nearly all people who contracted it likely ate infected beef products regularly for years. All but a few were residents of Great Britian. Cattle only get it from eating brain and related tissues from other infected animals. Live cattle cannot spread the disease. This is without question a manmade problem. Second, consider the food safety issue. Hundreds of millions of serving of beef had been consumed by people in Great Britian from animals exposed to mad cow through their diet. About 100 human cases resulted, not the 100,000 some predicted. Eating anything is not 100% safe. 9000 people died in the US last year due to food poisoning. Dozens die each year due to the human form of the disease we call bangs in cattle. Over the counter pain killers lead to kidney failure and death in thousands each year. Flu kills thousands who could have been immunized. We are not 100% safe. The prion that causes mad cow is undetectable in muscle tissue even in cows who have died from mad cow. Cooking to pasturization temperature kills almost all prions. 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, and sends the message to consumers that mad cow has the potential to be a plague that it never was and cannot be. [email=jcoover@chanuteks.com]jcoover@chanuteks.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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