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Mad Cow Disease Confirmed In California Dairy Cow, USDA Says

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How sure are they the cow has not entered the human food chain yet?

The USDA has confirmed that a case of mad cow disease was found in a California dairy cow. It is the fourth case of mad cow, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), found in U.S. cattle since the first in December 2003.
USDA Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford said Tuesday afternoon that the cow did not enter the human food chain and that all U.S. meat and dairy supplies are safe. Further mitigating the risk to the public, milk does not transmit BSE.
According to the USDA, the animal's carcass is being held under state authority at a California rendering facility and will be destroyed. "It was never presented for slaughter for human consumption, so at no time presented a risk to the food supply or human health," Clifford said.

Mad Cow Disease Confirmed In California Dairy Cow, USDA Says
 
Because it says in your quote "It was never presented for slaughter for human consumption, so at no time presented a risk to the food supply or human health."

And also, "Further mitigating the risk to the public, milk does not transmit BSE."
 
Because it says in your quote "It was never presented for slaughter for human consumption, so at no time presented a risk to the food supply or human health."

And also, "Further mitigating the risk to the public, milk does not transmit BSE."

I know but you believe that?
 
If you're wondering if you can get sick from drinking cow's milk, the FDA says there is no evidence that the disease is transmitted through cow's milk and milk products.
The good news is that it's highly unlikely that a person will contract vCJD from eating beef. vCJD itself is very rare. And because of the control measures now in place, the chance that you will eat meat infected with BSE is extremely low.

From this link: Mad Cow Disease
 
She's not going into human consumption. But, what will the rendering place do with her. I'm not sure how you can even dispose of such a carcass properly. As I understand it the "spongiform" material is basically there in the soil forever, even if they burn the carcass.
 
wow there must be a big epidemic going on since they actually found one in the very limited supposedly random checks they do...
 
Ways in which eating beef regularly will kill you: Heart disease, diabetes, various types of cancer.

Ways in which eating beef regularly will NOT kill you: Mad cow disease.
 
How sure are they the cow has not entered the human food chain yet?
Because they have the carcass.
I know but you believe that?
Do you believe that the cow had mad cow disease?
The info comes from the same article.

She's not going into human consumption. But, what will the rendering place do with her. I'm not sure how you can even dispose of such a carcass properly. As I understand it the "spongiform" material is basically there in the soil forever, even if they burn the carcass.
alkaline hydrolysis Bovine spongiform encephalopathy - Google Search
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http://fss.k-state.edu/FeaturedContent/CarcassDisposal/PDF Files/CH 6 - Alkaline Hydrolysis.pdf
 
Found another article that states this cow had a rare form of the disease caused by a natural mutation. Same as the cows in Texas and Alabama from several years back.

With this case, that makes 4 total in this country, ever. Since this is a non-communicable disease and is only accessible to another cow from an infected cow by eating byproducts from an infected animal, it is extremely unlikely that we'll see any kind of "epidemic" unless the facility this cow came from was utilizing said byproducts. Given that this disease was caused by a mutation and was not the standard form of BSE, I'd say people who are up in arms freaking out are highly over-reactive.
 
Found another article that states this cow had a rare form of the disease caused by a natural mutation. Same as the cows in Texas and Alabama from several years back.

With this case, that makes 4 total in this country, ever. Since this is a non-communicable disease and is only accessible to another cow from an infected cow by eating byproducts from an infected animal, it is extremely unlikely that we'll see any kind of "epidemic" unless the facility this cow came from was utilizing said byproducts. Given that this disease was caused by a mutation and was not the standard form of BSE, I'd say people who are up in arms freaking out are highly over-reactive.


very true. Also it's a dairy cow. not a meat cow. and I believe the total cases of human infection including the UK is 219 or so, EVER...
 
very true. Also it's a dairy cow. not a meat cow. and I believe the total cases of human infection including the UK is 219 or so, EVER...

And thus far every case of human infection of the disease caused by BSE had likely been exposed to BSE overseas, primarily in Britain.
 
And thus far every case of human infection of the disease caused by BSE had likely been exposed to BSE overseas, primarily in Britain.

You mean every officially discovered and reported human infection. Most doctors would not know BSE if it kicked them in the nuts and spit in their face.. just saying. And you are certainly not going to gets states to admit that their cattle is a problem, nor get private hospitals to admit they have a case .. after the beef industry is big money when it comes to donations.

Screening for BSE in the US has been far from up to the standard of what they do in Europe and else where and it has been so for decades.. because of pressures from the beef industry on regulators.. tainted beef would cause serious economic problems.. which is why the discovery of one cow in California.. out of a large herd is.. odd...
 
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You mean every officially discovered and reported human infection. Most doctors would not know BSE if it kicked them in the nuts and spit in their face.. just saying.

I assume the UK gov was on the case pretty damned quickly once they figured out there was mad cow.
 
You mean every officially discovered and reported human infection. Most doctors would not know BSE if it kicked them in the nuts and spit in their face.. just saying.


Indeed, without evidence, speculation will do! :roll:
 
I assume the UK gov was on the case pretty damned quickly once they figured out there was mad cow.

Actually they were slow as hell. It was an relatively unknown thing back then and by the time the realised what was going on.. their meat industry had collapsed because the rest of Europe banning imports of beef, sheep .. you name it. These bans are still in place today pretty much.
 
You mean every officially discovered and reported human infection. Most doctors would not know BSE if it kicked them in the nuts and spit in their face.. just saying.

That's because human's don't get BSE. Why should a medical doctor specializing in care of human patients understand a disease that doesn't actually infect humans?

The disease that humans get, which is believed to be caused by exposure to BSE, is incredibly rare. But a sample can be tested for the presence of the disease.

Given its rarity, I seek no more pressure upon the medical community than I would for some of the most rare genetic syndromes. If only .0002% of the population has ever had issue X, given the magnitude of other issues humans face from a medical perspective, I am not suprised or disheartened by the fact that only a few select doctors will have any higher end knowledge of the issue.
 
Actually they were slow as hell. It was an relatively unknown thing back then and by the time the realised what was going on.. their meat industry had collapsed because the rest of Europe banning imports of beef, sheep .. you name it. These bans are still in place today pretty much.

It had something to do with the lack or produce and livestock tracking in the UK vs other European countries.
 
Saw this on the news today. Hopefully it won't turn into anything big.
 
Indeed, without evidence, speculation will do! :roll:

AP story from 2004 I believe

Japan Blasts US Safeguards Against Mad Cow

The United States tests only a small percentage of the 35 million cattle slaughtered a year, targeting older animals or ones that show symptoms of the disease.

US hit by 'mad cow' disease scare | Mail Online

Dunno the date, but since the Daily Mail is "fact" for the right, then here is the link.

Doubts raised about effectiveness of North American screening for mad cow disease

Both Canada and the United States have increased the number of cattle tested by each government for the disease, but the testing remains woefully inadequate by the standards of the European Union nations and Japan.

Now all this happened half a decade ago, but I some how doubt that the US has increased testing to the same degree as in Europe and Japan....
 
AP story from 2004 I believe

Japan Blasts US Safeguards Against Mad Cow



US hit by 'mad cow' disease scare | Mail Online

Dunno the date, but since the Daily Mail is "fact" for the right, then here is the link.

Doubts raised about effectiveness of North American screening for mad cow disease



Now all this happened half a decade ago, but I some how doubt that the US has increased testing to the same degree as in Europe and Japan....


So you double down on speculation, with more speculation....... interesting.
 
It had something to do with the lack or produce and livestock tracking in the UK vs other European countries.

Yes and no. There is tracking, but there industry is very .. well was, very integrated and free when it came to transport and buying and selling livestock across borders. Plus the public outcry over the many thousands if not hundred thousands of dead cows being burned in mass bondfires... kinda made it a necessity to block all UK meat. They had to show that they were doing something... and it worked. The mass BSE outbreak was pretty much contained in the UK.. but it did ruin the UK meat industry for a long time.
 
Yea ignore the facts as usual Rev.. stick your head in the ground.... keep trolling.


What "facts"? you mean like the fact only 280 people to date have died from vCJD? if you want to run around hysterical that the sky is falling, you would do well to not speculate based on dated **cough** "facts"....
 
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