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"John W. Pierce" <jwpretd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"JoeyA" <joey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
I don't care for water beds myself but did enjoy eating raw meats up until
the mad cow disease discovery. :-)

You can go back to eating it raw, Joey. Cooking doesn't destroy the things
that cause mad cow disease (nor does much else).

-- jwp

The exact cause of Mad Cow (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) has not been
determined. Scientists do have a good hunch that BSE is caused by an
abnormal infectious form of proteins known as prions. Prions are found in
all animal species it is only the abnormal prions that cause BSE. The
infectious prions initially accumulate in the spinal chord, nerves, brain,
tonsils and intestines of cattle, and eventually affect other tissues.

Humans are affected by Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) which is very similar
to BSE. A variant form of CJD is believed to be caused by eating beef from
BSE infected cattle. The one known case of variant CJD in the US was a woman
who got it while living in the UK and then returned to the US.

BTW, cattle got it from being fed animal protein from sheep infected with
Scrapies (which is the sheep form of spongiform encephalopathy). The
primary components of the high protein sheep based supplement were brains,
nerves, ground up spinal chords, intestines (and all that other yummy organ
stuff).

Cooking does nothing to prevent BSE / vCJV because it is not caused by
typical bacterial or viral agents.

Jerry R.


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Relevant Pages

  • OT: Mad Cow Missteps Shake Confidence in U.S. Beef
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  • U.S. plans a major reduction in its BSE testing
    ... said that while key parts of the animals' brains needed to ... Three other Canadian-born animals have tested positive for BSE. ... CBC News uncovered a USDA video showing what USDA veterinarians feared ... might be two cases of mad cow disease in the U.S. ...
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  • Ag Secretary Questions New Mad Cow Tests
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  • OT - Mad Cow USA - The Cover-Up Begins to Unravel
    ... Mad Cow USA - The Cover-Up Begins to Unravel ... cow tested last year and declared safe in fact DID have mad cow disease, ... administered by USDA and considered the 'gold standard' for BSE testing. ... The New York Times article on mad cow disease refers (without mentioning names ...
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