Re: OT Mad Cow disease
Toni Hawryluk wrote:
>
> >In a research project in UK about 10 years ago, the findings were as
> >follows: bone meal no longer is of much value because the cattle are no
> >longer fed what they had been fed for years. I am no scientist. So I wrote
> >the fellow who did the report and he said an analysis of the bones revealed
> >there was no real value to using them on plants any more. I must track down
> >that report. That is the reason I have not used it any more. Bill Grant,
> >central coast California
>
> And whatever happened to the "mad cow" syndrome ? I don't get the
> newspaper and I haven't watched TV for years, but this post reminded
> me about the disease .....
>
Toni
It hasn't gone away I don't think,though herds have been cleansed as far
as possible and unsafe practices such as putting possibly diseased
wastes into cattle feed discontinued. As far as I know though, British
beef still remains unpopular and suspect. I gather the farmers are quite
a bit to blame for their own troubles, as some resisted the regulations
originally and deliberately concealed cases, which probably allowed it
to spread farther than it otherwise might have done.
New Zealand, by careful quarantine has so far entirely escaped either
Mad Cow or Scrapie (the related disease of sheep) thank goodness.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
