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Originally Posted by JeffTheTerrible
What are your thoughts on Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, a.k.a., "Mad Cow Disease"?
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It is too bad that the cattle industry was so misled and misguided to actually add the remains of cattle to the food for other cattle. What part of herbivore did they not understand?
Unfortunately, the root cause of the disease is still not known.
Fortunately, soy meal is readily available here in the US, so the problem did not grow as bad as it did in the UK.
Unfortunately, some wild game seem to be battling the same disease, or something very similar. Chronic Wasting Disease.
Not something I've ever lost sleep over, to tell the truth.
A good part of the 'scare' was media hype, trying to boost ratings, IMO.