Second case of mad cow traced to TEXAS

[Bluebear]

"Eat steak, eat steak, eat a big ol' steer...."


If the Texas beef industry crumbles, this will be a disaster. Ranchers will have to turn to raising brush.

WASHINGTON - The second U.S. case of mad cow disease was a cow from Texas killed last November, two government officials said Wednesday.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because the Agriculture Department planned an announcement later, said USDA officials traced the infected cow to a rendering plant for animals unfit for human consumption.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050629/ap_on_re_us/mad_cow_7

[KlatooBNikto]

1. Is it a mad cow or a mad mammal.? If it is the latter it is easily

traceable to a Potemkin Ranch in Crawford .

[tibbir]

2. Shit!! Well, it's time to pull out my Vegetarianism for Dummies book

[Bluebear]

6. We'll be importing beef from China next

:crazy:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

3. Wasn't someone.........

wondering where Laura was?

Doesn't Botox come from cows?

Just wondering ................

[dogday]

4. Texas-Where The Sheep Are Scared

And the cows are maaaaaaaaaaad........

[KlatooBNikto]

5. What about the dogs?

[dogday]

7. They make a fine meal....

[gulliver]

8. Democrats criticize administration over mad cow

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/28/elec04.prez.dems.mad.cow/

"Dean noted the administration blocked attempts to ban from the food supply beef from cows slaughtered when they were unable to walk -- a symptom of the disease -- and resisted efforts to create a better system to track cows.

"A larger outbreak of BSE or some other livestock disease could devastate rural economies," Dean said.

"This administration has not taken such dangers seriously -- they have seriously underfunded important food security efforts, including important upgrades to the National Animal Disease Center here in Ames."

[Semi_subversive]

9. Are you talking about Barbara?

[Bluebear]

11. Naw she's a Yankee like her monkey son. n/t

[Bouncy Ball]

10. Which is making me more and more thankful I went

vegetarian in early April, along with the rest of my family. WHEW!

[AndreaCG]

13. Welcome to vegetarianism

Been one since I was 12.

[Bouncy Ball]

14. Thanks, I feel fantastic!!!

Meat was never really high on my list of favorite foods anyway, so it wasn't really a big deal for me to give it up. Same thing for my daughter.

[Kraklen]

12. Good thing I stopped eating Texas beef when Oprah told me to.

[KamaAina]

15. Question: How close is this rendering plant to Crawford?

Any chance the infectious agent might have jumped across species in that area, say to chimps, for instance?

:-)