Friday, January 28, 2005
'Mad cow" disease found in goat
'Mad cow' disease found in goat
Goat meat is subject to the same strict controls as beef
A French goat has tested positive for mad cow disease - the first animal in the world other than a cow to have bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
Damn it all, anyway! According to the article More than 100 people in the UK have died from vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease), the human form of BSE, after eating tainted beef.
I had not realized there were so many cases that were actually pegged as vCJD. In the US, there are some suspect Alzheimers cases, but I wonder if they even bother to do the testing because they don't want the American public to quit eating beef.
Goat meat is subject to the same strict controls as beef
A French goat has tested positive for mad cow disease - the first animal in the world other than a cow to have bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
Damn it all, anyway! According to the article More than 100 people in the UK have died from vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease), the human form of BSE, after eating tainted beef.
I had not realized there were so many cases that were actually pegged as vCJD. In the US, there are some suspect Alzheimers cases, but I wonder if they even bother to do the testing because they don't want the American public to quit eating beef.
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I think we're supposed to address him as Secretary Rumsfeld until he's out of office. Or maybe Secretary Goat Rumsfeld...
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