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Re: Contaminated bone meal

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Another option is to use hot pepper or other herbal ingredients detested by
squirrels; these, like blood meal, need to be renewed from time to time.

I too eschew bloodmeal and slaughterhouse products in the garden, mostly out
of sympathy for the animals raised and slaughtered in factory farms, but
also out of some concern for pathogens...

There are alternatives to the use of factory farmed animal by products, in
almost all cases I'm aware of...

Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: Kitt <kittt@geocities.com>
To: Al782@aol.com <Al782@aol.com>
Cc: Copelands@pressroom.com <Copelands@pressroom.com>; sqft@listbot.com
<sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Friday, May 14, 1999 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: Contaminated bone meal


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>Bonnie,
>
>The diseases you are referring to are Bovine Spongiform Encephelopathy
(BSE,
>a.k.a. "Mad Cow Disease") and Creutzfeld Jakob Disease (CJD). The former
and its
>variants affect cattle and animals who are fed products from infected
cattle, and
>the latter affects humans. The diseases became a worldwide concern several
years
>ago (the time of your news show), when cattle in the UK suffered a huge
outbreak
>of BSE. A number of people in the UK were also found to have contracted CJD
after
>eating infected beef products.
>
>Naturally, drastic steps were taken at that time to prevent the spread of
the
>disease. The United States banned the import of beef products from the UK
(as did
>Europe), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) instituted a
surveillance
>program to monitor for any cases of BSE and CJD in the United States.
>
>From what I can tell from a review of CDC documentation (available at
>www.cdc.gov), no cases of CJD stemming directly from contaminated beef
products
>have been reported here.  On report did say "several cases of CJD have been
>reported in Kentucky patients who consumed squirrel brains; however, a
causal
>link has not been established."
>
>Based on this information, I would say that your risk of contracting CJD
from the
>bone meal or blood meal you use in your garden is negligable, particularly
if you
>take the ordinary precautions of wearing a breathing mask and gloves. These
are
>precautions you should always take when spreading any sort of granulated
>products, whether organic or chemical.
>
>Hope this info helps calm some of your fears.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Kitt
>Rocky MOuntain Zone 5
>
>
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