Guest guest Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 Just think of all the alien prions Monsanto is unleashing on society with their Genetically Modified Foods. Maybe in 10 - 20 years of alien prions taking over our bodies there will be a major depopulation on earth. Maybe this is their eleteist plan for population control? , JoAnn Guest <angelprincessjo> wrote: > BSE ( " Mad Cow " Disease) JoAnn Guest Jul 29, 2003 10:14 PDT > BSE ( " Mad Cow " Disease) > > http://www.laurasleanbeef.com/science/BSE.html > > As part of our commitment to producing healthy, all-natural beef, > Laura's Lean Beef does not allow any animal protein to be fed to our > cattle. > > All reprocessed animal tissue and by-products are prohibited in our > feeding program, as are fecal materials of any kind, chemically altered > feeds, garbage and food waste. > > While there have been no confirmed cases of mad cow disease among cattle > in the United States to date, nor have there been any human cases of new > variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the U.S., we present this > information because of recent media attention that has focused on mad > cow disease in Canada. > > Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow > disease, is one of a group of diseases called transmissible spongiform > encephalopathies (TSEs). > > TSEs are found in a variety of mammalian species including mink, elk, > sheep, goats, cats, and humans. TSEs cause intellectual and motor > impairment and eventually death. > > Upon autopsy, the brains of infected individuals appear to be riddled > with sponge-like holes. > > BSE, or mad cow disease, was first identified in cattle in England in > 1986. > > An epidemiological study at the time linked the disease to a protein > supplement that included sheep parts infected with scrapie (the sheep > version of mad cow disease). > > As a result of this study, the U.K. banned the use of mammalian protein > in ruminant animal feeds. In 1988, researchers first hypothesized that > the infectious agent for BSE came from animal by-products (such as bone > and blood meal) which were included in supplemental feeds given to > ruminant animals. > > The human form of mad cow disease, called new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob > disease, was first identified in Britain in 1996. As of February 2, > 2001, a total of 94 cases of nvCJD have been confirmed or suspected in > the UK, according to the UK Department of Health. > > Three cases in France and one in Ireland were reported by the European > Commission's Health and Consumer Protection Directorate. > > New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a new disease that differs from > Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which is a progressive neurological disorder > characterized by dementia and loss of motor control. > > While CJD appears to occur spontaneously and is not believed to be > related to cows, similarly-named variant CJD is contracted from eating > mad-cow-tainted beef products. > > In 1996, the British government ordered that cattle infected with, or > even exposed to, mad cow disease be killed. In the United States, the > USDA has, since 1989, banned the import of beef from countries where mad > cow disease is known to exist. Since 1997, the FDA has prohibited the > use of most mammalian protein in cattle and other ruminant animal feeds > (while permitting mammalian blood, milk, and gelatin products.) > > " Whatever is causing this disease is unique; it falls out of the realm > of all other disease agents, " states Richard Rubenstein, head of the > molecular and biochemical neurovirology lab of the New York State > Institute for Basic Research. > > Since research has shown that infected individuals show no antibody > reaction to the disease agent, Rubenstein believes TSEs are caused by a > virino, " a nucleic acid protected by a host protein that camouflages it > so that the immune system doesn't pick it up. " > > Laura Manuelidis, head of neuropathology at Yale Medical School believes > that a " TSE shares all the signs of a slow viral disease. " She cites the > fact that many slow viruses hide in the central nervous system and > argues that since there are several strains of TSEs, each strain may be > tailored to the genetic makeup of the animal it infects. This would be > consistent with the way viruses work. > > Stanley Prusiner at the University of California at San Francisco, > winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in medicine, believes TSEs are " prion > diseases, " diseases transmitted by infectious proteins rather than by > bacteria or viruses. > > Prions ( " proteinaceous infectious particles " ) do not contain any genetic > material (nucleic acids), and are unaffected by antibiotics, radiation, > chemicals, and extreme heat or cold. > > Dr. Prusiner believes that infectious prions, an " entirely new genre of > disease-causing agents, " cause disease by impacting a gene called PrP, > which is present in all healthy and infected mammals and passed to their > offspring. It is not known whether normal PrP genes can be affected by > infectious prions, or if the genes of infected individuals are abnormal > or mutated. > > When the infectious prions attack the (possibly mutated) PrP genes, it > may cause them to begin to produce an abnormal protein that eventually > causes disease symptoms. Those scientists who argue that an infectious > agent must contain nucleic acid do not accept the prion concept. > Research into TSE diseases is still in the early stages. > > On March 23, 2001, the USDA removed a flock of approximately 126 > quarantined sheep from a private farm in Vermont, after earlier having > removed 234 quarantined sheep from a nearby farm. The sheep, which had > been imported from Belgium and the Netherlands in 1996, were placed > under federal restrictions when they entered the country as part of the > USDA's scrapie control efforts. In 1998, the state of Vermont imposed a > quarantine on these flocks at the request of the USDA, prohibiting > slaughter or sale for breeding purposes. In July 2000, several sheep > from the flock tested positive for a TSE. > > Because current live testing methodology makes it impossible to tell if > the sheep have scrapie, which has not been shown to pose a risk to human > health, or BSE, the USDA seized the sheep with plans to euthanize them > and perform diagnostic testing. > > > Another recent news story, in January 2001, focused on a herd of cattle > in Texas that had accidentally been fed bone meal and meat derived from > US cattle. > > The feed had been manufactured by Purina Mills, Inc., which voluntarily > purchased all 1,222 of the animals in the herd in order to ensure that > meat from those animals would not enter the human food supply. The USDA > stated that the potential risk of BSE to these cattle was exceedingly > low, since any bone meal or meat in the feed would have come from other > US cattle, and no cases of mad cow disease have been found among US > cattle. > > On May 20, 2003, one case of mad cow was confirmed in Alberta, Canada. > The United States has discontinued importing cattle and beef from Canada > and the situation is currently being investigated by the USDA. > > References > > Blakeslee, S. 2001. On Watch for Any Hint of Mad Cow Disease. The New > York Times (January 30). > > Borman, S. 1998. Prion Research Accelerates. Chemical & Engineering News > (Feb. 9). > > Bren, L. 2001. Trying to Keep " Mad Cow Disease " Out of U.S. Herds. FDA > Consumer magazine. (March-April). > > > FDA News Release, 2001. FDA Announces Test Results from Texas Feed Lot. > (January 30). > > > Green, E. 1999. Britain Details the Start of Its " Mad Cow " Outbreak. The > New York Times SCIENCE TIMES (Jan. 26). > > Prusiner, S. 1995. The Prion Diseases. Scientific American (Jan.). > > Reuters, 2001. U.S. Quarantines Texas Cattle Over Mad Cow Rules (January > 25) > > Reuters, 2000. Human 'mad cow' cases rising. (August 4). > > Shell, E. 1998. Could Mad Cow Disease Happen Here? Atlantic Monthly > (Sep.):92. > > USDA, 2000. News Release: USDA To Destroy Three Vermont Sheep Flocks > Quarantined for TSE. (July 14). > > > USDA, 2003. Backgrounder: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) from > the US Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration. (June > > > > The complete " Whole Body " Health line consists of the " AIM GARDEN TRIO " > Ask About Health Professional Support Series: AIM Barleygreen > > " Wisdom of the Past, Food of the Future " > > http://www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/AIM.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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