Comments on: Mad Moo http://susiemadrak.com/2007/04/22/13/09/mad-moo-7/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:03:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: RayCeeYa http://susiemadrak.com/2007/04/22/13/09/mad-moo-7/#comment-126368 RayCeeYa Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:03:11 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/04/22/13/09/mad-moo-7/#comment-126368 The thing most people don't understand about mad cow is that it's a prion disease. It's neither a virus nor a bacteria. The prions began building up in the food chain because they began to use waste from the meat packing industry in animal feed. The prions lived in neural tissue. When the cows ate this neural tissue the prions began building up in the food chain. This practice has since been banned by the department of agriculture. Since the ban the levels of these dangerous prions in the food supply have been going down. After a few generations the prions will be all but eliminated. However, I think this reduction is a bit early. I'd like to see monitoring continue for a decade or so at least. It could give us insight into how prion diseases spread and change over time. The thing most people don’t understand about mad cow is that it’s a prion disease. It’s neither a virus nor a bacteria. The prions began building up in the food chain because they began to use waste from the meat packing industry in animal feed. The prions lived in neural tissue. When the cows ate this neural tissue the prions began building up in the food chain.

This practice has since been banned by the department of agriculture. Since the ban the levels of these dangerous prions in the food supply have been going down. After a few generations the prions will be all but eliminated.

However, I think this reduction is a bit early. I’d like to see monitoring continue for a decade or so at least. It could give us insight into how prion diseases spread and change over time.

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