Thread: OT ~ Mad Moo Cow in SE WA
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Old 05-01-2004, 04:32 AM
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Default OT ~ Mad Moo Cow in SE WA
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..... time from infection to symptoms depends on both how big the infectious dose and
how many times it has infected and passed on in the SAME BREED of animal.
example: cow--cow-- cow = fast. Cow--sheep--cow = slower. it is adaptation.

Yes, thanks. That'd play havoc with lab work. They are, effectivly, a
chemical with a "memory"? Very strange, and disquieting.

... I dont know of any prion diseases that are not a problem. Ingrid

I'd read that not all prions would give all animals problems, but,
considering that weird "memory effect" above (shrug).

They have to get taken out of the ecosystem *somehow*, or there'd be
"Mad Tribolite Desease" outbreaks after dust storms off fossil beds.

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