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NCBA, R-CALF, COOL, USDA (No Politics!)
USDA BSE Statement
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<blockquote data-quote="MikeC" data-source="post: 97475" data-attributes="member: 1604"><p>Texan, This is probably worse news than a new found case in the US. It might call into question the entire testing protocol of the USDA for BSE. </p><p>The USDA were highly questioned when they announced the approval of the Bio-Rad test last year because of false positive history of the test. The Prionic's Check Western test was the newest most accurate test available at the time. It has the ability to detect sub-clinical cases (where prions are in the body -but not accumulated in the brain as of yet) and the "gold standard" IHC (immunohistochemistry) was still being used by the USDA and cannot detect subclinical cases. </p><p>When the press gets hold of "How many cases could have slipped through the cracks?" we could be in for a dry spell as far as exporting beef.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeC, post: 97475, member: 1604"] Texan, This is probably worse news than a new found case in the US. It might call into question the entire testing protocol of the USDA for BSE. The USDA were highly questioned when they announced the approval of the Bio-Rad test last year because of false positive history of the test. The Prionic's Check Western test was the newest most accurate test available at the time. It has the ability to detect sub-clinical cases (where prions are in the body -but not accumulated in the brain as of yet) and the "gold standard" IHC (immunohistochemistry) was still being used by the USDA and cannot detect subclinical cases. When the press gets hold of "How many cases could have slipped through the cracks?" we could be in for a dry spell as far as exporting beef. [/QUOTE]
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