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The BSE Mad Cow Crisis

An abattoir worker driving a forklift truck, transports a cow carcass, with suspected BSE, into a fiery furnace. 4.4 million cows were incinerated because of suspected contamination with BSE. Mad Cow Crisis UK 1996

Strict controls were brought in regarding the disposal and incineration of high risk parts of the animals suspected of having BSE, such as the heads and spinal columns, so they wouldn't mistakenly be put back into the food chain.

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as Mad Cow disease, is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease in Cattle. Infected cows have symptoms of spongy degeneration in brain and spinal cords. Classic symptoms are the inability for the beast to stand up properly. BSE was caused by giving infected protein supplements to very young calves, also by feeding cattle, normally herbivores, with cheap discarded remains of other cattle, in the form of meat and bone meal mixed with their daily feed. Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease in humans is believed to be transmitted from cows carrying BSE. Several hundred humans have died. The meat industry is always cutting corners, motivated by profits and cheaper production costs, rather than producing quality food in a humane caring environment.

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The BSE Mad Cow Crisis<br /> <br /> An abattoir worker driving a forklift truck, transports a cow carcass, with suspected BSE, into a fiery furnace. 4.4 million cows were incinerated because of suspected contamination with BSE. Mad Cow Crisis UK 1996<br /> <br /> Strict controls were brought in regarding the disposal and incineration of high risk parts of the animals suspected of having BSE, such as the heads and spinal columns, so they wouldn't mistakenly be put back into the food chain. <br /> <br /> Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as Mad Cow disease, is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease in Cattle. Infected cows have symptoms of spongy degeneration in brain and spinal cords. Classic symptoms are the inability for the beast to stand up properly. BSE was caused by giving infected protein supplements to very young calves, also by feeding cattle, normally herbivores, with cheap discarded remains of other cattle, in the form of meat and bone meal mixed with their daily feed. Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease in humans is believed to be transmitted from cows carrying BSE. Several hundred humans have died. The meat industry is always cutting corners, motivated by profits and cheaper production costs, rather than producing quality food in a humane caring environment.
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