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<blockquote data-quote="sillco" data-source="post: 206434" data-attributes="member: 42"><p>WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Government investigators looking into the latest</p><p>case of mad-cow disease in the U.S. won't likely be able to find the</p><p>source of the cow's infection, a Food and Drug Administration official</p><p>said Thursday.</p><p></p><p>Stephen Sundlof, director of FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, told</p><p>reporters, "It's going to be nearly impossible to identify any</p><p>particular feed."</p><p></p><p>Mad-cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is believed to be</p><p>spread among cattle through feed containing infected cattle parts. The</p><p>FDA has prohibited bovine material from being included in cattle feed</p><p>since 1997.</p><p></p><p>If FDA could find the producer of the tainted feed that infected the cow</p><p>- found on an Alabama farm earlier this month - it might be able to find</p><p>how widely the feed was distributed.</p><p></p><p>But U.S. Department of Agriculture officials believe the cow was at</p><p>least 10 years old when she was euthanized by a local veterinarian on</p><p>the Alabama farm where she had resided for less than a year.</p><p></p><p>"It was a long time ago," Sundlof said, suggesting the time lapsed makes</p><p>it complicated in finding out what the cow ate when it was young and the</p><p>infection occurred.</p><p></p><p>It might help, he said, if the USDA can find out where the infected cow</p><p>was born, but even then FDA's job of finding an infected feed source is</p><p>close to impossible.</p><p></p><p>If anyone is concerned the goverment will know something about their business, be assured, they already do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sillco, post: 206434, member: 42"] WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Government investigators looking into the latest case of mad-cow disease in the U.S. won't likely be able to find the source of the cow's infection, a Food and Drug Administration official said Thursday. Stephen Sundlof, director of FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, told reporters, "It's going to be nearly impossible to identify any particular feed." Mad-cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is believed to be spread among cattle through feed containing infected cattle parts. The FDA has prohibited bovine material from being included in cattle feed since 1997. If FDA could find the producer of the tainted feed that infected the cow - found on an Alabama farm earlier this month - it might be able to find how widely the feed was distributed. But U.S. Department of Agriculture officials believe the cow was at least 10 years old when she was euthanized by a local veterinarian on the Alabama farm where she had resided for less than a year. "It was a long time ago," Sundlof said, suggesting the time lapsed makes it complicated in finding out what the cow ate when it was young and the infection occurred. It might help, he said, if the USDA can find out where the infected cow was born, but even then FDA's job of finding an infected feed source is close to impossible. If anyone is concerned the goverment will know something about their business, be assured, they already do. [/QUOTE]
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