E-mail to Friskies - Mad Cow

I don't think you got it. The government needs to tell the people. I have
written the FDA to see what the risk is to cats.

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"Cheryl" wrote in message
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You're not looking hard enough. There has been plenty said. Cats are one
of
the animals at risk of TSE's. Poultry feed is allowed to have M-B-M
material of rendered beef. Cat food mainly consists of poultry and
poultry
by-products. You do the math.

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can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do."
- Helen Keller

I don't think you got it. The government needs to tell the people. I have
written the FDA to see what the risk is to cats.

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"Cheryl" wrote in message
...

You're not looking hard enough. There has been plenty said. Cats are one
of
the animals at risk of TSE's. Poultry feed is allowed to have M-B-M
material of rendered beef. Cat food mainly consists of poultry and
poultry
by-products. You do the math.

--
Cheryl

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I
can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do."
- Helen Keller

One of our vets at the cat hospital, a lady on exchange from Britain, suggested
last year that we take the animals off red meat altogether. They eat chicken,
turkey and several kinds of fish. We do not feed the dogs turkey, as it gives
them terrible flatulence. Be careful how much fish you give to male cats,
particularly if they have not been neutered. Can cause plumbing problems in
them.

Jeanne

PS-- Chaucer caught his 12th mouse on Christmas morning.

One of our vets at the cat hospital, a lady on exchange from Britain, suggested
last year that we take the animals off red meat altogether. They eat chicken,
turkey and several kinds of fish. We do not feed the dogs turkey, as it gives
them terrible flatulence. Be careful how much fish you give to male cats,
particularly if they have not been neutered. Can cause plumbing problems in
them.

Jeanne

PS-- Chaucer caught his 12th mouse on Christmas morning.

On 28 Dec 2003 04:51:49 -0800, (Liz) dijo:

... If I also remember correctly, mad cow disease is
caused by a protein and processing does not destroy this protein.

What does destroy it? Nuclear blast? Anything?

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On 28 Dec 2003 04:51:49 -0800, (Liz) dijo:

... If I also remember correctly, mad cow disease is
caused by a protein and processing does not destroy this protein.

What does destroy it? Nuclear blast? Anything?

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Marek Williams wrote in message . ..
On 28 Dec 2003 04:51:49 -0800, (Liz) dijo:

... If I also remember correctly, mad cow disease is
caused by a protein and processing does not destroy this protein.

What does destroy it? Nuclear blast? Anything?

Depends how far away the nuclear blast was. LOL Roaches are said to be
resistant to radiation because of their keratin exoskeleton (this
should be true also for all other insects). If keratin, a protein,
survives radiation, this prion that causes BSE might resist radiation
too. If I remember correctly, keratin cannot be digested either (by
any organism) so that means it resists all enzymes. If this prion has
this same property, it cannot be destroyed by enzymes either. It might
have, since it enters the bloodstream from the gut unchanged.
Therefore, the only thing that can destroy this protein is the only
thing that can destroy keratin: fire or temperatures high enough to
burn it. This would not be useful to sterilize food as the
temperatures would carbonize food and nobody would be willing to eat
coal. So the only solution to the problem might be for the UK to
incinerate all their cattle, as they did recently to swines (?)
because of aftose fever.

Marek Williams wrote in message . ..
On 28 Dec 2003 04:51:49 -0800, (Liz) dijo:

... If I also remember correctly, mad cow disease is
caused by a protein and processing does not destroy this protein.

What does destroy it? Nuclear blast? Anything?

Depends how far away the nuclear blast was. LOL Roaches are said to be
resistant to radiation because of their keratin exoskeleton (this
should be true also for all other insects). If keratin, a protein,
survives radiation, this prion that causes BSE might resist radiation
too. If I remember correctly, keratin cannot be digested either (by
any organism) so that means it resists all enzymes. If this prion has
this same property, it cannot be destroyed by enzymes either. It might
have, since it enters the bloodstream from the gut unchanged.
Therefore, the only thing that can destroy this protein is the only
thing that can destroy keratin: fire or temperatures high enough to
burn it. This would not be useful to sterilize food as the
temperatures would carbonize food and nobody would be willing to eat
coal. So the only solution to the problem might be for the UK to
incinerate all their cattle, as they did recently to swines (?)
because of aftose fever.