Re: [AlpacaTalk] what to use?

 

For what it's worth, mad cow or some form of it exists for most if not all mammals. I think I saw where it occurs about 1 in every 100,000 deer, maybe it was elk. It can and does pop up spontaneously among humans (Jacov ???) and a lot of other species. Several years ago, an outbreak on a mink ranch (and can't remember if it was the US or Russia) allowed the first decent study of the disease. That's all I know. I'm not going to go back and fact check, but I'm pretty sure I have most of that right...and indeed, last I read it appears that all animal products from an infected animal are capable of spreading the disease, but the brain is THE worst and most infective....read about Kuru.......thing is I wouldn't be at all surprised if we'd have a case in alpacas that just occurred spontaneously one of these days......But when I read what I read it was over 10 years ago, so I'm sure there's been further understanding...Can't remember the book I read, but it was a fascinating read....

 

Susan

 

Susan Forman
Dewey Morning Alpacas
Washington Court House, OH 43160
740-636-1899
http://www.alpacanation.com/deweymorning.asp
Home of Huey, Louie, and Dewey!

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From: Heather Zeleny

To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 5:15 PM

Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] what to use?

 

http://www.kyrieology.com/drupal/wwje/madcow

"Some pigs in the United States may be infected with a porcine form of mad cow disease," according to an alarming study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists that has recently come to light.

Heather

Heather Zeleny

White Lotus Alpacas

Oregon

Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece

http://www.whitelotusalpacas.com

http://whitelotus.openherd.com

On Mar 25, 2010, at 12:02 PM, barngirrl@aol.com wrote:

I personally wouldn't purposely feed any animal product to a herbivore.  Isn't that how mad cow disease started?

 

SUSAN OLSON
Alpaca Loco
Riverside, CA
http://www.openherd.com/FarmPage.aspx?Farm=433

Susan Forman
Dewey Morning Alpacas
Washington Court House, OH 43160
740-636-1899
http://www.alpacanation.com/deweymorning.asp
Home of Huey, Louie, and Dewey!

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