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<blockquote data-quote="Michelle Pankonien" data-source="post: 40253" data-attributes="member: 147"><p>I do not agree that the reason the USDA does not want to test all cattle is that there are more positives out there,</p><p></p><p>Tests yeild questionable positives on snap tests performed on brain tissue, questionable positives are then retested 2X, and only reported when at least one of those 2 is a definite positive, and thus they haqve had no real positives, </p><p></p><p>the test available just does not yeild good definite possitve test results</p><p></p><p>There is also the fact that given the bans on feeding animal parts to other animals, there should be ZERO transmition of the DZ to the cattle population on feed, thus NO cattle should turn up positve other than potentialy old downer cows, thin cows, or cattle exibiting neural behaviors, thus these are the cattle the USDA is requiring tests be performed on, saving lots of $$$$, and lab time</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michelle Pankonien, post: 40253, member: 147"] I do not agree that the reason the USDA does not want to test all cattle is that there are more positives out there, Tests yeild questionable positives on snap tests performed on brain tissue, questionable positives are then retested 2X, and only reported when at least one of those 2 is a definite positive, and thus they haqve had no real positives, the test available just does not yeild good definite possitve test results There is also the fact that given the bans on feeding animal parts to other animals, there should be ZERO transmition of the DZ to the cattle population on feed, thus NO cattle should turn up positve other than potentialy old downer cows, thin cows, or cattle exibiting neural behaviors, thus these are the cattle the USDA is requiring tests be performed on, saving lots of $$$$, and lab time [/QUOTE]
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