BSE is here to stay.

[jensend]

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/feebet/sched4/class5e.shtml

this is the cfia regs for protein type feeds. you can see that a lot of animal by-products are already disallowed for food livestock production. not a big market for vegetable proteins into mink or foxes. i guess my point is that while any increase in demand or consumption of grains is definitely a good thing it isn't going to change market direction.

[cowman]

So TOM what is this thing about Saskatchewan? What is the government covering up? I haven't heard anything about this?

[TOM4CWB]

Cowman;

I wouldn't really call it a cover up... as positive ID of BSE cannot happen until after death has occured. As I indicated... this sickness has been there for some time, and people are waiting.

I believe I saw a report about a man in California that had CJv who died a few days ago, and the Atlanta Centre would not confirm that they were testing for the BSE form of CJv in this person.

Obviously this is a very delicate subject!

[jensend]

i'd like to know more about this info you have tom. i heard rumors when the mcrea herd was destroyed but never heard anything like you're hinting at. do you think cfia is running an honest testing program? living out here news generally travels pretty fast but you'd think cbc would jump all over it if there was anything to bite on.

[TOM4CWB]

Cowman;

Another one from DTN Today:

"Woman's Death Probed for Mad Cow Tie
11/22 12:15
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) -- The family of a Beaumont, Texas, woman is waiting for test results to find out if she died from a form of an affliction connected to mad cow disease.

Burnell Baize, 71, died Oct. 16 of the rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which eats holes in the brain and always causes death, the Beaumont Enterprise reported Sunday.

There are two forms of the disease.

One type is called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and is linked to mad cow disease. It can be contracted by humans if they eat infected beef or nerve tissue, and possibly through blood transfusions.

The more common type of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, known as classic CJD, is responsible for about one in 10,000 U.S. deaths each year, and its cause is unknown 85 percent of the time.

Baize's family is wondering if she ate infected beef.

In the United States, there has been only one known case of variant CJD - a Florida woman who died in June after eating contaminated beef more than a decade ago in England."

[grassfarmer]

Only one case of vCJD to date in the US? If I remember Mark Purdey's presentation correctly there were several cases on Long Island/Statten Island. This is one of the clusters he has discovered and speculated that it was linked to being under the flight path from the main airports serving NY city. Similarily in the UK he has identified clusters close to airforce bases and civilian airports.

[TOM4CWB]

An Apple a Day May Do More Than You Think (usinfo.state.gov, November 19, 2004)

According to a recent Cornell University press release, a study by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation and USDA found the same chemicals that protect apples against bacteria, viruses and fungi may also protect the brain from damage-causing free radicals. Apples contain the phyto- nutrient quercetin, which researchers have found protects the brain cells of rats when they are invaded by oxidative stress in laboratory tests. A subsequent study showed the same phyto-nutrient protects nerve cells against hydrogen peroxide better than the antioxidant vitamin C. Researchers also found that apples supply a major source of bioactive compounds believed to help reduce the risk of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.

(http://www.usinfo.state.gov)

[tojo]

Heard a rumor (whether correct or not) that David Suzuki on the CBC's Nature of Things is to address the BSE situation in Canada on his program to be aired this week or next. I was told to brace myself about what he was going to report...... This, like I said, was only a verbal rumor and may not have any merit.....Just in case it is true, keep your eyes on your TV program guide! (Just a Heads Up.)

[les]

I think QR77 said David will be on thier radio station fri(26). Not sure what time,I think in the am.

[charliep]

The Nature of Things show (David Suzuki) was supposed to be on tonight - I didn't see. It will be repeated on Sunday (CBC) at 3:00 pm.

See - http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/show_apocalypsecow.html#video1

It is a two part series.