tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post7941791785943422910..comments2024-03-26T12:23:35.307-05:00Comments on The Buck Stops Here: USDA PolicyStuart Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-77532438150518197572007-06-06T00:32:00.000-05:002007-06-06T00:32:00.000-05:00The cause of mad cow in the US is known, but is po...The cause of mad cow in the US is known, but is politically incorrect. It is illegal to use the byproducts from cattle to make cattle feed. However, the byproducts of hunter's deer or elk butchered in some small meat packing plants gets used to make wild animal feed. In turn game farms give this feed to deer and elk to complete the cycle of infection. In 2001 CBS reported the extent of infected animals, but claimed ignorance on the cause:<BR/><BR/>http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4319/maddeerelkmap20ms.jpg<BR/>http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6327/maddeerelkmap16dw.jpg<BR/><BR/>On occasion some hunter who also raises cattle tosses in a bag of wild game feed along with his cattle feed and bingo, you get a mad cow. Fortunately for the industry this is rare, but unfortunately deer and elk hunters suffer the consequences of greed and corruption. The meat packing industry wants deer and elk infected to drive people to the grocer instead of harvesting deer and elk for meat.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09012533504930704197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-12192124454759299682007-06-05T17:07:00.000-05:002007-06-05T17:07:00.000-05:00A question is what the relative risk of infection ...A question is what the relative risk of infection from these relatively young infected cows? If a test can't detect it, perhaps the incidence in the flesh is also likewise diminished.<BR/>Another question would be why rely on tests that are probably going to return a negative even if the individual is infected? In the end, isn't this just like advertising that lard has zero sugar and granulated sugar has no fat?<BR/>If the FDA wants to regulate this industry, it could just as well mandate a disclaimer on the advertisement stating the uncertainty of the result.anomdebushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16579437342101190812noreply@blogger.com