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French goat confirmed with 'mad cow' disease in disturbing world first
Yahoo! News | AFP ^
| 1/28/05
Posted on 01/28/2005 8:18:51 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
From the headline, I thought they were talking about Chirac for a second...
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:19:25 AM PST
by
mike182d
To: LibWhacker
Is this the goat? Wait! This is a weasel. Sorry.
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:21:00 AM PST
by
HMFIC
(The Peace Symbol is the FOOTPRINT of the American CHICKEN!)
To: mike182d
French * confirmed with 'mad cow' disease
* - placeholder
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:21:13 AM PST
by
seppel
To: LibWhacker
Tracking and testing is the solution.
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:21:23 AM PST
by
TBall
To: LibWhacker
The discovery of the disease -- known scientifically as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cows -- is a disturbing sign that it can cross over to other species Hey, it is lonely out there in the fields. Even for goats.
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:23:10 AM PST
by
zygoat
To: LibWhacker
Why did it take three years for this to become public?
Could CYA be a possible motive?
To: LibWhacker
Are they sure the poor goat doesn't have AIDS.
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:25:14 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(America's glory is not dominion, but liberty.)
To: LibWhacker
In a related story...
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:26:56 AM PST
by
Delta 21
(MKC USCG -ret)
To: LibWhacker
How serious a problem is mad cow disease? Sometimes I downplay things of this nature because I know the media likes to hype things up so much.
To: farmfriend
To: macrahanish #1
Good question. America would've released the information within a day if it had happened here.
To: LibWhacker
French muslims are in mourning.
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:33:40 AM PST
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: squidward
I don't know. I sure hope it's hype. The incubation period in humans is ten years, iirc.
To: squidward
Mad Cow is very serious my friend. We really do not know how long its been going around. The dormant time table is anywhere from 2-20 years. For all we know, all the population who eats any kind of meat is already infected and has so for years.
The problem is that beef is in everything from makeup, to toothpaste, to animal feed. So you say you will stop eating beef? Won't work because leftover beef and stuff is ground up and feed to chickens, pigs and other cows.
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:35:15 AM PST
by
BigTex5
To: zygoat
To: squidward
I keep wondering the same thing. Last I heard there still wasn't a firm consensus on what the mode of transmission is, although they lean towards prions, which are supposedly virtually indestructible, even at autoclave temps. And the linkage between BSE and CJD still seems to be pretty tenuous. But maybe that's just my impression. Anyone up to speed on the latest scientific thinking on this topic?
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:35:40 AM PST
by
-YYZ-
To: LibWhacker
cheese-eating spongiform monkeys.
To: squidward
I guess it's not such a big deal. After all, the Frnch seem to have it in all their living beings, so it kinda comes natural.
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:36:35 AM PST
by
seppel
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