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I remember someone posted on this sometime back. Tonight's Canadian
Broadcasting radio program, "As It Happens," is devoting a lot of time to
the problem of mad cow disease in Britain, which is causing a fatal
encephalitis in humans. At one point it was mentioned that 25% of the
dairy cows slaughtered at one plant were infected. I understand that the
brain and meninges are the seat of the infection, but since meat can confer
the infection on humans, what about the milk?
I may have missed a reference to this in coming in the house from the car.
Anyone hear anything?
P.S. I am embarrassed to admit I cannot spell the disease in humans, but
it's Jacob-Kruetzfeldt's disease, I believe. My Taber's cannot help here.
Arly in Northern Utah [log in to unmask]
MS, CLE, IBCLC
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