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Re: [RC] OT - Mad Cow Disease in WA State - Truman Prevatt

The real problem is in the cattle feed. They use ground up animal parts for protein. To use only vegetable sources of protein would make cattle feed more expensive.  It's cheaper and it carries the disease.

Thanks to mad cow and the fact I've spent a total of 6 months in England in the last 5 years, I can't give blood in this country. It can be transmitted in the blood supply (which was just verified in England) and as of the last time I tried to give blood I was told they don't have a test to detect it in the blood supply.

Truman

Mike Sofen wrote:
For all of you (humans) who eat beef, this may explain why you "haven't quite been feeling yourself lately"...  and it still doesn't explain why Arabian horses act like mad cows when they don't even eat meat...   :-)
 
I remain confident that our country administrators know absolutely nothing of the situation and how bad it might truly be (fyi - mad cow disease does not suddenly "crop up" in one solitary animal in an entire country).  We will shortly see how powerful the US beef industry really is...
 
Mike Sofen
Santa Cruz, CA

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