[Enterprise]

That is why I posted it as I did. I wouldn't be surprised, as I have heard in the past, that diseased cow meat is also processed into pet food. I wouldn't feed mad cow meat to any living thing. Burn it and be done with it.

[Gelato]

Mad Cow Prompts Dog Food Recall
May 27, 2003
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/28/health/main542336.shtml

This article from May says there's no known risk to dogs getting the disease, but what if the dog food made from this diseased cow in Canada was fed to other cows?

[LaraCroft]

The by products are also melted and used in cosmetics. Can you get Mad Cow from licking off your lipstick?

[semaj]

"Burn it and be done with it."

You would think. But according to a documentary on the subject I saw a few years ago, the protein molecule that causes the disease is virtually indestructible, even when put to a temperature of 2000 degrees F.