[Jacob-list] tags and tracking

[Linda Bjarkman]

I was just wondering why, if the identification system is so good, that they didn't 
know which calf belonged to the infected cow - or, if they did know, then I guess I 
meant it to be a comment on the news reporting.

Linda



On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 20:09:42 -0500, Neal and Louise Grose wrote:

>
>2) I also heard about the calves that were to be slaughtered for safety sake.
>The problem is that everyone that works with this problem assumes that the
>general public has a seven second attention span. Almost everything that is
>being done is so that the general public will get the impression, deservedly
>or not, that the government is DOING SOMETHING. a) BSE is caused by prions:
>malformed, self replicating proteins. b) Proteins cannot normally cross the
>intestine and get into the blood stream, only the amino acid building blocks
>for proteins. c) Prions cannot cross the blood/brain barrier. d)Transmission
>of BSE is thought to occur directly from the gut to the brain via the vagus
>nerve. e) Blood is considered a very low risk transmitter for BSE. f) Those
>"products" of blood (milk and fetal tissues) have "for all practical purposes"
>NO chance of being infectious.
>
>Neal

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