Re: Re: Re: Re: Mad Cow is confirmed.

Posted by Dick in Ore. on December 25, 2003 at 21:24:48 from (216.239.184.80):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Mad Cow is confirmed. posted by Greasy John on December 25, 2003 at 20:10:08:

Hi John,
There are many questions I have that aren't being answered on the coverage of the Mad Cow.. Yes, a good question, why did the dairyman ship this cow? Had she recently calved and was down with milk fever? If that's the case, she was possibly in good shape for slaughter. You know an operation with 4000 head won't mess with a milk fever patient very long. Or, had the cow maybe fallen in the lot, from her BSE condition, and couldn't get up? This dairyman or his employees would most likely have never guessed this cow was suffering from BSE.. So, for the sake of defending the dairyman, lets assume the cow was in decent shape, but, she couldn't get up. So, he shipped her to Moses Lake to be slaughtered. Apparently the USDA has requirments in place concerning downed animals. They either require all downed animals or a percentage of downed animals to be sampled and tissue samples sent to a USDA lab for testing. This cow tested positive and that's what got the ball rolling.

Just heard on the news that the entire herd at the farm will be slaughtered and their brains and spinal cord checked. If I heard correctly, this dairyman has his 4000 animals on three different farms. So, maybe he won't be out of business. Seems like a real shame to have to slaughter the entire herd, probably some real good cows will be lost. But, that's our government at work.
Now that the public knows that downed cows "legally" enter the food chain, I'm sure this is a law that will be changed once congress goes back to work. While a small percentage of downed cows probably would be acceptable, most would not.
Something interesting: We've always heard this cow was down, but an employee at the Moses Lake plant said he remembered that cow,, and she walked into the slaughterhouse.. I saw that interview last night on the news.
Now, here in Oregon, all the major retailers are pulling hamburger from their meat counters. Any meat that was processed in any of the 4 plants that this cows meat passed through is probably garbage. Let's overdue it.. But they all want to show the public they are doing all they can to stop the meat from entering the food chain. Well, if my memory is correct, the cow was slaughtered on the 9th of Dec.. I would think that hamburger is long gone. It was probably mixed with tons of other hamburger and ended up in several different places.
Now that the lab in England has confirmed the cow did indeed have BSE, it will give the USDA room to go hog wild.. I'll be surprised if there's a cow left in the Mabton area.. They'll have to put a show of force. Should be some cheap hamburger on the domestic front, since the rest of the world has banned U.S. beef.
Let's hope this is all behind us soon..

Dick

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