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Re: Mad Cow disease, BSE; Justice is served.



In article <UW6vhBAl7rexEweO@denby.demon.co.uk>, Paul Clarke
<paul@denby.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>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. 

You must have come in late. There have been plenty of references quoted,
and I don't mean 'The Observer', but refereed scientific ones.

Since 'hay mites' is a completely new one to me, perhaps you would like
to tell us the paper it referred to, I mean the scientific refereed one?

>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!?   

The mediafest scare story seems to be dredging the barrel. You were
aware that almost all dairy farms don't feed hay, but silage? 

I think you have been had!

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        the less sure I was. Is this the uncertainty principle?"



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