Lotus wrote in message
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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.


who is the UK are almost all daughters of conventional cows who
were
treated with OPs

It says 'home reared'.

clever girl, and where do you think the orginial organic dairy cows
came
from, spontaneous evolution of life from horsehair and mud?

Again;

'The lack of BSE incidence in beef suckler herds (1) and total lack
of BSE in home reared cattle on organic farms (87) can

not that last word

can

it can be attributed to any damned thing that you want. Except that OPs
didn't have the same problem anywhere else when used it similar levels,
and MBM has a better match
--
Jim Webster

"The pasture of stupidity is unwholesome to mankind"

'Abd-ar-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Khaldun al-Hadrami'