Posted on 06/29/2005 7:09:36 PM PDT by bayourod
Starting to make some sense. Does Japan have the strictest rules of them all?
Texas here, too.
All our family's cattle have been grassfed for the last century, with hay and possibly cottonseed or range cubes (all vegetable) supplements if necessary in winter.
I thought it was only the feedlots that used the cannabilistic feed.
As for the breed type, it was apparently mis-identified at the time of butchering, thus the confusion.
If this was indeed a cow born and raised its entire life on the same farm, possibly just a cow-calf operation, possibly kept as a replacement heifer, it may well be crossbred with no identifiable bloodline.
To the Canadian with a Montana court question. A federal court located in Montana could make such a ruling applicable for the whole country. A Montana state court judge could not. However, since you now have gay marriage legal, we will definately need to seal the border. :) sarcasm
Yes the farmers should take their herds to market before the disease shows up as it does in older animals. This way it will never be detected. seems that it takes about 5 years to show up. So how many has been sold with the disease as apparently they don't test standing animals.
Know how you can tell a mad cow? they go Mooooooooooo damn it.
The variant in deer and elk is known as Chronic Wasting Disease. More info: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/hunt/chronic_wasting_disease/
thankx...
Well, yeah I agree that the paranoia is far more dangerous than the reality. How many people die of food poisoning every year? Britain massacred thousands of cattle over a handful of deaths. Not worth it in my opinion.
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