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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: proberts@lynx.informix.com (Paul Roberts)
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Date: 29 Apr 1996 17:24:29 GMT
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Article: 12197 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Paul Clarke <paul@denby.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> [...] 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!?
Go vegetarian, perhaps? A pretty good idea in any case. I see from the
paper that the number of BSE/CJD cases in Britain is now up to 14.
Paul
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