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Re: Mad Cow disease, BSE; Justice is served.
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Subject: Re: Mad Cow disease, BSE; Justice is served.
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From: rob@legolab.demon.co.uk (Robert Blackburn)
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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 17:52:05 +0100
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Article: 12150 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Distribution: world
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Organization: legolab
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In article <UW6vhBAl7rexEweO@denby.demon.co.uk>,
Paul Clarke <paul@denby.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>The trouble with this correspondence is that everybody seems to have a
>view on BSE but few if any of the contributors are sufficiently
>knowledgeable to have a fully informed opinion. The latest theory
>(supported by experimental evidence - see The Observer 21/4/96) is that
>the disease is harboured and spread by hay mites - so that whatever you
>do as regards killing off infected or suspect animals, the hay mites
>will spread the disease to any replacement stock!! Rather a worrying
>scenario - what do we do if it's true!?
>
>--
>Paul Clarke
STOP EATING BEEF!
Free our land for organic arrable farming / tree growing.
Cows produce huge amounts of methane, which is a greenhouse gas.
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