-Caveat Lector- This whole "mad cow" disease bothers me. I don't believe it is so devastating...I am not convinced that the slaughter of 450 young calfs THIS WEEK (as reported by the news media) is necessary or needed. In fact, I sympathize with these animals and I feel someone ought to speak out about this and against their slaughter. I am a poultry-fish eater, I do not eat red meats. It bothers me that within only some 48 hours these young animals will die...probably violently...their remains will not be used...and ALL because ONE calf was distantly related to one cow who may have had the disease. What is this? What is going on here? None of the media reports make sense about this...esp the deaths of so many young calfs, sort of upon a "mad cow" whim or rumor.
Who is mandating this...and why isn't anyone speaking out about reason in this case. I feel badly about the calfs, young animals, probably none of whom are infected...their lives shattered, destroyed...quickly for no real reason. E. Murray. _________________________________________ On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 21:27:47 -0500 flw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -Caveat Lector- > > SOME SUSPECT PESTICIDE LINK TO MAD COW DISEASE > http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/SecondOpinion/secondopinion010525.h tml > > NICHOLAS REGUSH, ABC NEWS - What if it turns out that the human form > of mad > cow disease is triggered by environmental factors - and not by > infectious > beef products - as some ongoing British research at Cambridge > University > suggests? What if much of the science to date, focusing on > contaminated > meat, has been overly simplistic or even dead wrong? The immediate > implication would be that we would have to rethink everything > already done > to fight the disease, both in Britain where it began, in Europe, > where it > has spread, and in other nations, including the United States, > where > concerns are mounting about its potential to be unleashed. . . > > The viewpoint held by most scientists is that an infectious agent > likely > moved from sheep to cows and gained enough strength in its > cross-species > jump to ravage the nervous system and cause the bovine brain to > appear > spongy and rife with holes like Swiss cheese. This brain-destroying > "mad > cow" infection was further transmitted, according to this > interpretation, > via the rendering of carcasses, to meat and bone meal in feed. . . > > But not according to David Brown, a biochemist at Cambridge > University, who > counters that "there is no conclusive proof that [mad cow disease] > caused > vCJD." Next week at a scientific conference in Quebec City, he'll > discuss > some of his most recent research, pointing to a possible > environmental > explanation of both mad cow disease and vCJD. That conference is all > about > manganese, a heavy metal, that is essential to life and is part of > the daily > diet - for example, wheat, rice and tea provide the metal - but > numerous > studies show that environmental overexposure to it can be dangerous > to the > nervous system. . . > > David Brown agrees with the conventional view that the key agent in > the > disease is a protein called a "prion." These prions are thought to > keep > nerve cells stable. The conventional view holds that prions can > somehow > become malformed and that's when they become infectious and capable > of > damaging the brain. The malformed prion, then, according to the > conventional > view, is the infectious and transmissible agent in mad cow disease > and vCJD. > The infection is neither a virus, nor a bacterium. > > Brown parts company here with the conventional view, altogether > dismissing > the notion of an "infectious" prion. He told me: "I have > [published] > evidence from my cell culture experiments that shows manganese can > change > the prion into its abnormal [and dangerous] form." This is > especially the > case when the supply of copper to the cell is low. If David Brown's > research > is on a correct path, then scientific and public concerns about > infection > from beef could eventually be dwarfed by concerns about toxic > effects in the > environment that cause copper levels to decrease and manganese > levels to > rise. . . > > Brown's research has given a boost to the controversial theories of > Mark > Purdey, a farmer turned amateur scientist who has been challenging > the > conventional view of mad cow disease and vCJD from the start. He > has > provided detailed reports to the British government's hearings on > mad cow > disease and has published several peer-reviewed scientific papers on > the > subject, including data on how manganese in the environment may play > a role > in both mad cow disease and vCJD. > > BBC, MARCH 21, 20001 - The Phillips Inquiry into BSE confirmed that > the > pesticides could make animals more susceptible to the disease. Not > for the > first time, Mark Purdey had made a connection that the official > scientists > had missed. > > Edward Stourton The man from the Ministry had come with an order for > the > treatment of Warble Fly - a parasite which lays its eggs under the > skin of > cattle. Like all beef and dairy farmers in the area, Mark Purdey was > told he > had to use an organophosphate pesticide on his livestock to > eradicate the > infestation. > > But he fought the order in court - and he won. When BSE was > identified two > years later Mark Purdey noticed that the areas where the disease > was > emerging more or less correlated with those where the > organophosphates had > been used against Warble Fly. His conclusion that the pesticide > caused BSE > turned out to be mistaken. > > But nearly twenty years later the Phillips Inquiry into BSE > confirmed that > it could make animals more susceptible to the disease. 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