Mad Cow Disease

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Mad Cow Disease

• By Stacey Kirby
• Computer 24
• Monday 630pm

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What is Mad Cow?

• Family of diseases
• Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies or
  TSEs
• Passed on genetically
• Found all over world
• Human scares

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Human Scare!

• Human brain infected
• Testing effective in preventing human spread

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U.S. Now Testing

• More Labs New Tests.
• USDAs National Veterinary Services Laboratories
• Testing a cow for BSE
• Tests Done postmortem
• Brains checked for twisted proteins

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Testing Private/Public

• Britain and Universal
• Universal testing belittles surveillance
• Creekstone Farms private petition
• USDA resists testing beyond themselves

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Mad Cow Effects U.S.

• Tests come at a cost
• Meat industry estimates far higher costs
• Japan's halt on imports American beef
• Combining public and private lab efforts

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"I think it is impossible to conclude this issue
by the end of April unless the United States
implements the same measures as we do," Kamei
wrote in an April 6 letter to Veneman, referring
to Japan's protocol of 100 percent testing for
BSE.
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Pay More for Beef!!

• Wholesale prices sky rocket!
• 10 to 15 percent rise!
• Tyson Foods temporarily closed.
• 1 a pound more!

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References

• Article
• Mad Cow Testing What is the goal? (2003).
  Found at
• http//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4588929/
• Images
• http//www.johnes.org/beef/certification.html
• http//www.mindfully.org/Food/Mad-Cow-BSE-GAO25jan
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• http//www.vegetus.org/vegtoon/madcow.gif