http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-24...usda-says.html.
At least the meat did not enter the food supply.
At least the meat did not enter the food supply.
Mad-COW infection! In California!
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Ok, so California has the happy cow that produces cheese and the mad cow that goes insane. Guess they have all the bases covered there.
Originally Posted By: dave1251
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-24...usda-says.html.
At least the meat did not enter the food supply.
It was a dairy cow so that was unlikely.
Unfortunately for us though, the prevailing opinion is that milk does not transmit the infection so who knows what dairy farmers actually do.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-24...usda-says.html.
At least the meat did not enter the food supply.
It was a dairy cow so that was unlikely.
Unfortunately for us though, the prevailing opinion is that milk does not transmit the infection so who knows what dairy farmers actually do.
I thought someone was talking about their wife, never mind.
Prion diseases occur in all mammals at very low concentrations, maybe one in ten million animals. It is natural that a mad cow is found at infrequent intervals. If it becomes frequent, then one can worry. And mad cow disease is not particularly infectious.
Tens of millions of Britons ate infected meat and there were less than four hundred cases of the disease, though if symptoms appear, you are one of the unlucky ones as it is always fatal. It seems that you need to ingest a lot of bad beef with multiple exposures, AND be genetically vulnerable to this disease.
It is nothing to really worry about all that much though. Your chances of dying in a car wreck are far higher.
Tens of millions of Britons ate infected meat and there were less than four hundred cases of the disease, though if symptoms appear, you are one of the unlucky ones as it is always fatal. It seems that you need to ingest a lot of bad beef with multiple exposures, AND be genetically vulnerable to this disease.
It is nothing to really worry about all that much though. Your chances of dying in a car wreck are far higher.
Originally Posted By: azjake
Ok, so California has the happy cow that produces cheese and the mad cow that goes insane. Guess they have all the bases covered there.
Happy and mad are not mutually exclusive. A high percentage of our homeless population is both happy and mad.
Ok, so California has the happy cow that produces cheese and the mad cow that goes insane. Guess they have all the bases covered there.
Happy and mad are not mutually exclusive. A high percentage of our homeless population is both happy and mad.
Originally Posted By: azjake
Ok, so California has the happy cow that produces cheese and the mad cow that goes insane. Guess they have all the bases covered there.
It does put a dent in their marketing campaign:
Ok, so California has the happy cow that produces cheese and the mad cow that goes insane. Guess they have all the bases covered there.
It does put a dent in their marketing campaign:
Originally Posted By: mechanicx
What worries me is they can't test and detect it everytime, so who knows how many cows may have had it. Probably not many but more than gets reported.
Farmers have been given cease and desist orders for testing and "certifying" their own cattle, so I'd guess there's more than a small chance of it being rampant.
Yet another demonstration of the "efficiency" of mass produced muck.
What's the difference between BSE and PMT ?
One's Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy...
the other one's Mad Cow Disease.
What worries me is they can't test and detect it everytime, so who knows how many cows may have had it. Probably not many but more than gets reported.
Farmers have been given cease and desist orders for testing and "certifying" their own cattle, so I'd guess there's more than a small chance of it being rampant.
Yet another demonstration of the "efficiency" of mass produced muck.
What's the difference between BSE and PMT ?
One's Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy...
the other one's Mad Cow Disease.
Originally Posted By: Cristobal
It is nothing to really worry about all that much though. Your chances of dying in a car wreck are far higher.
People keep spouting that mantra on BITOG...
Driving a car has some benefit to the person driving it, whether economic, or enjoyment...contaminated beef, and feeding animals to herbivores doesn't, so it's entirely invalid.
Dropping golf balls out of airplanes carries less risk than driving (probably)...it doesn't justify dropping golf balls out of airplanes.
It is nothing to really worry about all that much though. Your chances of dying in a car wreck are far higher.
People keep spouting that mantra on BITOG...
Driving a car has some benefit to the person driving it, whether economic, or enjoyment...contaminated beef, and feeding animals to herbivores doesn't, so it's entirely invalid.
Dropping golf balls out of airplanes carries less risk than driving (probably)...it doesn't justify dropping golf balls out of airplanes.
Yeah I never liked the argument that X is much safer than Y, when it's X+Y.
On the news just a bit ago they said the US is not finding Mad Cow often because they're not really looking for it. Only 40,000 cattle out of some 44 million slaughtered a year or about 0.12% are tested. The number of cattle that have it is probably low but not as infrequent as reported.
On the news just a bit ago they said the US is not finding Mad Cow often because they're not really looking for it. Only 40,000 cattle out of some 44 million slaughtered a year or about 0.12% are tested. The number of cattle that have it is probably low but not as infrequent as reported.
Typical mass-media scare tactics.
Unless you eat the brains or the spinal column, its not a concern. The muscle meat is not connected to mad cow.
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/mad-cow-disease-overview
Unless you eat the brains or the spinal column, its not a concern. The muscle meat is not connected to mad cow.
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/mad-cow-disease-overview
Originally Posted By: heathenbrewing
Typical mass-media scare tactics.
Unless you eat the brains or the spinal column, its not a concern. The muscle meat is not connected to mad cow.
Why on earth are they preventing people from donating blood then if blood has nothing to do with transmission ?
Have you ever seen where all of the nervous tissue in a body goes ?...It's pretty hard to butcher an animal without spreading nerve tissue through it, and the "humane killer" is want to send shards of nervous tissue into the bloodstream.
Oh...
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/mad_cow_disease_and_variant_creutzfeldt-jakob_dis/article_em.htm
Typical mass-media scare tactics.
Unless you eat the brains or the spinal column, its not a concern. The muscle meat is not connected to mad cow.
Why on earth are they preventing people from donating blood then if blood has nothing to do with transmission ?
Have you ever seen where all of the nervous tissue in a body goes ?...It's pretty hard to butcher an animal without spreading nerve tissue through it, and the "humane killer" is want to send shards of nervous tissue into the bloodstream.
Oh...
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/mad_cow_disease_and_variant_creutzfeldt-jakob_dis/article_em.htm
Originally Posted By: heathenbrewing
Typical mass-media scare tactics.
Unless you eat the brains or the spinal column, its not a concern. The muscle meat is not connected to mad cow.
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/mad-cow-disease-overview
You really meant typical mass media feeding us exactly what they want us to think we know!
Typical mass-media scare tactics.
Unless you eat the brains or the spinal column, its not a concern. The muscle meat is not connected to mad cow.
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/mad-cow-disease-overview
You really meant typical mass media feeding us exactly what they want us to think we know!
Originally Posted By: heathenbrewing
Typical mass-media scare tactics.
Unless you eat the brains or the spinal column, its not a concern. The muscle meat is not connected to mad cow.
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/mad-cow-disease-overview
Pretty much. But there you go again, citing reputable sources and logic. Tinfoil hats are not dislodged by this brazen argument.
Typical mass-media scare tactics.
Unless you eat the brains or the spinal column, its not a concern. The muscle meat is not connected to mad cow.
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/mad-cow-disease-overview
Pretty much. But there you go again, citing reputable sources and logic. Tinfoil hats are not dislodged by this brazen argument.
If it's only the stuff that we don't eat that causes the problem, then why is there any testing at all ?
And how do you seperate nerve tissue from "meat", when you can feel pretty much all the way around your body...that's nervous tissues
If it can't be a problem, then it's not a problem and testing at all makes no sense !
But then restricting beef producers from testing their own cattle as "undermining the confidence in random testing" makes even less sense if it's not an issue anyway.
And it's documented in marrow and blood..as evidenced in refusing blood donations.
Where's the tinfoil in that ?
And how do you seperate nerve tissue from "meat", when you can feel pretty much all the way around your body...that's nervous tissues
If it can't be a problem, then it's not a problem and testing at all makes no sense !
But then restricting beef producers from testing their own cattle as "undermining the confidence in random testing" makes even less sense if it's not an issue anyway.
And it's documented in marrow and blood..as evidenced in refusing blood donations.
Where's the tinfoil in that ?
Stop it Al. We have no room for your so-called "facts" around these parts. We only have time for concern (paranoia) and (ir)rationality.
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