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Re: O.T. Mad Cow
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Posted by Rauville on December 31, 2003 at 17:10:36 from (209.180.79.161):
In Reply to: O.T. Mad Cow posted by Doug on December 31, 2003 at 06:59:47:
Most of the time "Downer Cattle" will be in better condition than some of the old cancer eye culls that are going through the kill line. If you check the antemortum pens at any packing plant (the "downers" will be in pens by themselves so they don't get stepped on) there are any number of animals that are in poorer pysical condition than most of the "downers".
The bad part about banning "downers" from the food chain, is that these were the animals that were being tested for BSE. Now, we never will know what the extant of the problem was, or will be! Have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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