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'2.8 Dairy herds were far more affected by BSE than beef herds.

yes, because Dairy herds are far more likely to get MBM in their
rations,.

That too, as well as more manganese.

no because beef herds will get mineralised blocks or similar which dairy
cattle will never normally be offered.

But beef herds use salt licks at will. Added to feed, the animal
has no choice but to ingest it.

you haven't the faintest idea what a mineralised block is have you.

--and this is where jim falls apart--

What in MBM is a better match with BSE, jim?

we haven't even starting discussing that.


No wonder, as you keep on evading it.


First we had to get you to
find out what was the difference between a lick and a block.


There is no difference. A mineral/salt lick and a mineralised block
are, for all intents and purposes, the same thing.

That's not the same off-key tune you were singing just
two days ago:

Someone was thoughtful enough to find a supplier of
mineralised supplementary feed licks for cattle
http://www.ccfarmers.co.uk/feed.asp , but that's
still a lick. I see Dry Cow Feed Blocks on the same
page

You didn't know then that a "lick" and a "block" were,
"for all intents and purposes, the same thing".


You introduced mineralised FEED block when you realised that.

Michael said "There are licks AND feed blocks. Both weigh about
fifty pounds. The feed blocks must be protected from the weather
or they will crumble and become inedible. The licks are solid enough
to be either simply dropped in the pasture or put in a salt block holder",
but showed us a link to a mineral lick/block containing grain products.
http://www.martindalefeed.com/Products/BLOCKS/3307.htm

I asked whether the feed block Michael had described were also
used in the UK. Now we know that supplementary feed blocks
which contain minerals are available, but I have yet to see them
referred to as 'mineralised feed blocks'.


Then you
asked the question what is MBM, so let us hear your answer to that.


No I didn't, I asked you in response to your "MBM has a better match"
(with incidence of BSE), "What in MBM exactly?", NOT what IS MBM.

You misread it then, (ironically, whilst saying I had reading problems),
so I corrected you then, which means that now you are either lying or
demented.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lotus"
Newsgroups: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian,talk.politics.animal s,sci.agriculture
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 3:43 PM
Subject: Mad Cow Disease / Mad Deer Disease

: "Jim Webster" wrote in message
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and MBM has a better match

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What in MBM exactly?

jesus wept.
you are discussing BSE and you don't know what MBM is. Obviously your
reading is limited to say the least. You then go about quoting vast
screeds of stuff which contains the phrase, and you don't know what it
is.


Obviously your reading is limited to say the least.
I know what it IS. I asked you what _IN_ MBM exactly.

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STILL waiting.


Once
we know what you think MBM is and can repair any gaps in your knowledge
then we can proceed to discuss the links between that and BSE.


You really do appear to be a terminally stupid and unethical person, jim.