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



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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