24-year-old vegetarian diagnosed with mad cow
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:03 PM
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24-year-old vegetarian diagnosed with mad cow
"A 24-year-old vegetarian has been diagnosed with Cruetzfeld-Jacob disease. Scientists fear that milk and cheese may be the source of infection." London Times, August 23, 1997 Michael Hornsby Can we test all of the cows now?
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:05 PM
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1. Can we test all of the cows now?
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:08 PM
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4. not corporation cows. n/t
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:09 PM
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5. Cows are naturally vegetarians, but their feed isn't (nt)
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:13 PM
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8. Cows are naturally vegetarians, but their feed isn't (nt)
Well then.... shame on us.... always messing with Ma Nature... pity.
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:06 PM
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2. Eventually somebody will find it also exists in the soils
just like anthrax does. I mean, it comes from somewhere and wild deer also get it. Why can it not exist naturally like so many other pathogens?
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:07 PM
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3. Damn! I thought I was safe
I'm a ovo-lacto vegetarian, but try to limit the dairy to organic sources not only to ward off Mad Cow, but to keep from imbibing all the hormones and antibiotics.
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:11 PM
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6. Well, I've heard that gummi bears
or anything gelatin-based could possibly contain it too.
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:13 PM
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9. Damn those gummi bears!
Edited on Fri Jul-23-04 06:14 PM by aquart
24 years old! What a horrific fate.
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:33 PM
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13. Yes, I didn't see your post
before I commented on this, below. Many people have mad cow disease and don't realize it, yet. It will be a BIG issue soon.
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:21 PM
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11. I wouldn't be too concerned as the report was from 1997.
There are naturally occuring cases of vCJD.
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:12 PM
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7. Or investigate Mad Broccoli Disease
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:19 PM
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that's very sad -- horrible disease.
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:30 PM
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12. Mad cow prions have been found in gelatin and cosmetics
Nothing seems safe anymore. I try to limit capsuled medicines...but now I have to worry about hand lotions, etc??? Not to mention the dentist. Autoclaves don't kill mad cow prions.
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:43 PM
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Bone meal is a very widely used fertilizer for vegetables. Since bone marrow is a source of mad cow anyone who does gardening is at risk.
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Fri Jul-23-04 06:45 PM
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15. Actually.. there are other types of Cruetzfeld-Jacob diseases...
.. it can be linked to other things. This was in 1997? Obviously, it's not something rampant. I'm not really worried.
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