Re: [AlpacaTalk] what to use?
And here's the paragraph before the one I quoted in the previous post.
"Pork is also a potential source of infection. Cattle remains are still boiled down and legally fed to pigs (as well as chickens) in this country. The FDA allows this exemption because no "naturally occurring" porcine (pig) spongiform encephalopathy has ever been found. But American farmers typically kill pigs at just five months of age, long before the disease is expected to show symptoms. And, because pigs are packed so tightly together, it would be difficult to spot neurological conditions like spongiform encephalopathies, whose most obvious symptoms are movement and gait disturbances. We do know, however, that pigs are susceptible to the disease--laboratory experiments show that pigs can indeed be infected by Mad Cow brains[25]--and hundreds of thousands of downer pigs, too sick or crippled by injury to even walk, arrive at U.S. slaughterhouses every year.[26]"
Feeding rendered animal products to our livestock is not a good idea.
I was vegetarian for over 20 years of my life, and vegan for over 15 years. I am no longer vegetarian, but these health risks alone make one seriously consider the wisdom or necessity of eating animal flesh. Not to mention the ethical considerations which I will not even begin to discuss here.
Heather
Heather Zeleny
White Lotus Alpacas
Oregon
Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
On Mar 26, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Susan Forman wrote:
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.... SusanSusan Forman
Dewey Morning Alpacas
Washington Court House, OH 43160
740-636-1899
http://www.alpacanation.com/ deweymorning. asp
Home of Huey, Louie, and Dewey!----- Original Message -----From: Heather ZelenySent: Friday, March 26, 2010 5:15 PMSubject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] what to use?http://www.kyrieolo
gy.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.
HeatherHeather ZelenyWhite Lotus AlpacasOregonHolistic Farm and Elite FleeceOn 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 Forman
Dewey Morning Alpacas
Washington Court House, OH 43160
740-636-1899
http://www.alpacanation.com/ deweymorning. asp
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