Well, DNA results have confirmed that the US mad cow was born in Canada.
http://www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/2004/01/06/madcow_dna040106
Can't say i am surprised.
The Cattle ranchers definitely HAVE a problem and like the comic yesterday in the Globe and Mail, Public Sympathy for the Canadian Beef industry just went right out the window.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/series/cartoon/5monedcar.html
It is obvious that there is a problem in this country with unscrupulous farmers feeding their cattle feed made from animal byproducts. Or, the guys making the feed are mislabeling their product (I doubt it.)
So, now there are two mad cows caught in six months, both from Alberta. How many other cows out there have gone undetected and entered the food chain? How many other cows have BSE?
More than two i will bet you.
Why the hell we allow this kind of feed to still be produced is beyond me. An outright ban on all animal feed containing animal byproducts would seem the only way of avoiding this in the future.
It will be interesting to see if they determine how two different cows, on two different farms, contracted BSE. (One farm has been defunct for some time now.)
This is a joke.
http://www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/2004/01/06/madcow_dna040106
Can't say i am surprised.
The Cattle ranchers definitely HAVE a problem and like the comic yesterday in the Globe and Mail, Public Sympathy for the Canadian Beef industry just went right out the window.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/series/cartoon/5monedcar.html
It is obvious that there is a problem in this country with unscrupulous farmers feeding their cattle feed made from animal byproducts. Or, the guys making the feed are mislabeling their product (I doubt it.)
So, now there are two mad cows caught in six months, both from Alberta. How many other cows out there have gone undetected and entered the food chain? How many other cows have BSE?
More than two i will bet you.
Why the hell we allow this kind of feed to still be produced is beyond me. An outright ban on all animal feed containing animal byproducts would seem the only way of avoiding this in the future.
It will be interesting to see if they determine how two different cows, on two different farms, contracted BSE. (One farm has been defunct for some time now.)
This is a joke.
