Mad cow confirmed in Alabama

Dee Randall said:

http://tinyurl.com/q8ces

Doesn't mean anything, it was thought to be 9 to 10 years old and
never entered the food process. At that age, it could have come from
that one herd out of Canada. No need to panic or break out in a sweat.

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Dee Randall said:

http://tinyurl.com/q8ces

Doesn't mean anything, it was thought to be 9 to 10 years old and
never entered the food process. At that age, it could have come from
that one herd out of Canada. No need to panic or break out in a sweat.

But I'm from Canada..........should I be sweating?

E.

elaine said:

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Doesn't mean anything, it was thought to be 9 to 10 years old and
never entered the food process. At that age, it could have come from
that one herd out of Canada. No need to panic or break out in a sweat.

But I'm from Canada..........should I be sweating?

No. You should be urging our government to close the border to American
beef, just like the American border was closed to Canadian beef on the basis
of one sick cow.

Dee Randall said:

http://tinyurl.com/q8ces

I'm now even happier with the grass-fed beef I just stashed in the
freezer.
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On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:24:15 -0500, "elaine" <[email hidden]>

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Dee Randall said:

http://tinyurl.com/q8ces

Doesn't mean anything, it was thought to be 9 to 10 years old and
never entered the food process. At that age, it could have come from
that one herd out of Canada. No need to panic or break out in a sweat.

But I'm from Canada..........should I be sweating?

My guess would be that it's too cold up there for much of a sweat.
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Doesn't mean anything, it was thought to be 9 to 10 years old and
never entered the food process. At that age, it could have come from
that one herd out of Canada. No need to panic or break out in a sweat.

But I'm from Canada..........should I be sweating?

My guess would be that it's too cold up there for much of a sweat.
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modom

Funny.

But no. Apparantly, we've had the warmest winter on record!

elaine

Dave Smith said:

elaine said:

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Doesn't mean anything, it was thought to be 9 to 10 years old and
never entered the food process. At that age, it could have come from
that one herd out of Canada. No need to panic or break out in a sweat.

But I'm from Canada..........should I be sweating?

No. You should be urging our government to close the border to American
beef, just like the American border was closed to Canadian beef on the basis
of one sick cow.

Amen ;(

modom said:

Dee Randall said:

http://tinyurl.com/q8ces

I'm now even happier with the grass-fed beef I just stashed in the
freezer.

I figure since I have to die anyway, dying after eating a really good
tasting steak or roast beef won't bother me too terribly much 😉

Jill

Dee Randall said:

http://tinyurl.com/q8ces

Hey, if I lived in Alabama I'd be mad, too! 😉

nb

jmcquown said:

modom said:

Dee Randall said:

http://tinyurl.com/q8ces

I'm now even happier with the grass-fed beef I just stashed in the
freezer.

I figure since I have to die anyway, dying after eating a really good
tasting steak or roast beef won't bother me too terribly much 😉

It's like Alzheimer's -- you won't be terribly aware
or distressed by it, but everybody around you will be.

Not only is U.S. beef inadequately tested, but the
USDA actively prevents responsible companies from
having their own tests performed.

http://www.creekstonefarmspremiumbeef.com/news_bse.html

Quoting from the 02/04/04 report on BSE in the U.S.:
www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/bse/US_BSE_Report.pdf

The subcommittee recommends that
future surveillance programmes should be
targeted to the population with highest risk
of exposure to the BSE agent. At some
point in the past, targeting based on the
location of cattle imported from Europe and
other BSE risk countries, their points of
slaughter and rendering and subsequent
consumption in cattle feed was theoretically
possible. However, with the passage of time
since the importations and the amplification
of the agent within North America, this
approach is no longer appropriate.

notbob said:

Dee Randall said:

http://tinyurl.com/q8ces

Hey, if I lived in Alabama I'd be mad, too! 😉

nb

LOL I got stuck in Florence, Alabama years ago on a driving trip. Trust
me, it's not a place you want to get stuck. But at least they sell beer 😉

Jill

"> Hey, if I lived in Alabama I'd be mad, too! 😉

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nb

Most of us here who have more brain cells than teeth are
relieved that this time the national news concerning Alabama
was about one sick cow.Hate crimes and Church burnings are
actually frowned upon now. At any rate, it is a good news/bad news
no win situation for us.We are grateful for small favors.
I now invoke the wry Southern humor clause in my contract..:-)

Cheers
Hubert Liverman
Opelika, Al.

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"> Hey, if I lived in Alabama I'd be mad, too! 😉

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nb

Most of us here who have more brain cells than teeth are
relieved that this time the national news concerning Alabama
was about one sick cow.Hate crimes and Church burnings are
actually frowned upon now. At any rate, it is a good news/bad news
no win situation for us.We are grateful for small favors.
I now invoke the wry Southern humor clause in my contract..:-)

Cheers
Hubert Liverman
Opelika, Al.

I wondered about the report that said "it didn't get into the meat
supply", well was it a milk cow and did it get into the milk supply?? I
didn't hear any mention of that possibility. Is it because the
pasteuerization and homogination kills any madcow bacteria?

Andy

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Dee Randall said:

http://tinyurl.com/q8ces

Doesn't mean anything, it was thought to be 9 to 10 years old and
never entered the food process. At that age, it could have come from
that one herd out of Canada. No need to panic or break out in a sweat.

But I'm from Canada..........should I be sweating?

Is it summer yet?

Cheers, Phred.

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"> Hey, if I lived in Alabama I'd be mad, too! 😉

Most of us here who have more brain cells than teeth are
relieved that this time the national news concerning Alabama
was about one sick cow.Hate crimes and Church burnings are
actually frowned upon now. At any rate, it is a good news/bad news
no win situation for us.We are grateful for small favors.
I now invoke the wry Southern humor clause in my contract..:-)

I wondered about the report that said "it didn't get into the meat
supply", well was it a milk cow and did it get into the milk supply?? I
didn't hear any mention of that possibility. Is it because the
pasteuerization and homogination kills any madcow bacteria?

According to many reports the mad cow prion is damn near
indestructible. I do wonder how the hell it can "live" through some
of the of the "Ineffective or partially effective" treatments such as
dry heat <300 C. See Table 8 Section 6.1 in the PDF file available
from the WHO (and ignore their screwed up index!):

<http://tinyurl.com/haso9>

Full URL:
<http://www.who.
int/csr/resources/publications/bse/WHO_CDS_CSR_APH_2000_3/en/>

Annex 3 of the same document will give you some indication of the
problems of decontamination where prions are concerned.

For general info and links on prion diseases, check out:

<http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/prions/>

Sorry I couldn't cut and paste some stuff from that WHO PDF doc for
you -- can't seem to do that with PDFs. :-(

Cheers, Phred.

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hubert liverman said:

"> Hey, if I lived in Alabama I'd be mad, too! 😉

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nb

Most of us here who have more brain cells than teeth are
relieved....

Hey, I was just kidding around. I wouldn't mind living in Mobile, a
beautiful city, as I recall.

nb

Drat it all, I was still panicking about bird flu, teflon, and killer bees.
Now this!

Andy said:

I wondered about the report that said "it didn't get into the meat
supply", well was it a milk cow and did it get into the milk supply?? I
didn't hear any mention of that possibility. Is it because the
pasteuerization and homogination kills any madcow bacteria?

Andy

Madcow or BSE isn't caused by bacteria, but, by current thinking,
caused by cellular malformation called a prion which is unaffected
by heat, sterilization, or other known method.

gloria p

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On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:49:24 -0500, "Dee Randall"
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Doesn't mean anything, it was thought to be 9 to 10 years old and
never entered the food process. At that age, it could have come from
that one herd out of Canada. No need to panic or break out in a sweat.

But I'm from Canada..........should I be sweating?

Is it summer yet?

Cheers, Phred.

It was last week..........sadly, it's over!😉

Elaine