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Mad Cow Disease / Mad Deer Disease
"Jim Webster" wrote in message ...
Lotus wrote in message ... "Jim Webster" wrote in message ... Lotus wrote in message ... "Oz" wrote in message many (like me) had bse cows, but none of these were ever treated with OP's (even in utero). They were bred from cows that were. means nothing. Virtually every organic dairy cow in the country at the moment is bred from cows treated with OPs 'The lack of BSE incidence in beef suckler herds (1) who in the UK are normally the daughters of dairy cows who of course were treated with OPs It says 'lack', not 'total lack'. '2.8 Dairy herds were far more affected by BSE than beef herds. The recorded incidence among dairy herds between 1 April 1985 and 31 March 1988 was 311 out of 44,767 herds (0.69 per cent), considerably higher than the incidence in beef suckler herds (11 out of 54,166 herds, or 0.02 per cent). 9 This was probably due to the lower levels of concentrate feeding in beef suckler herds, 10 ' http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/report/...6/chapter2.htm (8) Section 4.8.3.2 ( page 36) "FURTHERMORE, BEEF COWS WHICH OBTAIN MOST OF THEIR FOOD FROM PASTURE , ARE MORE LIKELY THAN DAIRY COWS TO EXPERIENCE AN ABNORMAL IMBALANCE IN DIETARY INTAKE OF THE TRACE ELEMENTS COPPER, MOLYBDENUM, SELENIUM AND MANGANESE, SINCE COMPOUND FEEDS FOR DAIRY COWS ARE SUPPLEMENTED WITH THESE TRACE ELEMENTS AS NECESSARY TO MEET NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS. ACCORDINGLY, A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF BSE WOULD BE EXPECTED IN BEEF COWS RATHER THAN IN DAIRY COWS. THE REVERSE IS TRUE." http://www.purdeyenvironment.com/Horne.htm and total lack of BSE in home reared cattle on organic farms (87) who is the UK are almost all daughters of conventional cows who were treated with OPs It says 'home reared'. |
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