5 bulls

[ALICIA]

The U.S. was told that they have 5 bull that were in with the Mad cow. Do you think they did right by just brushing it under the table.
One of mad cows offspring just may of been sired by one of those 5 bulls.
After all they do have a 7 year ban on any country that has a case of mad cow.
And the boys from Montana are trying to make the goverment uphold the 7 year ban.

[rusty1]

5 -bull hugh - and 500,000 feeders that went there in the past 12 months.

[dalek]

There should never have been any doubt that the US would hold other countries to a higher standard than themselves. Of course the US will ignore this, and I'd bet they've had cases of BSE that they've ignored all along.

[TOM4CWB]

Charlie;

I will be very surprised if the Border opens soon...

This is a partial quote from the DTN Ag Dayta Internet site I subscribe to...

"Is Japan Key To Beef Border Re-opening?"

“Analysts report that Japan's agriculture minister has already asked the U.S. to take steps to ensure the safety of its meat exports in light of the Canadian BSE discovery.
Japanese Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei told U.S. Ambassador Howard Baker that it was "impossible to exclude the possibility that beef of Canadian origin could be imported in Japan via the United States," and he "strongly requested" the U.S. to ensure that only safe meat is exported to Japan, according to a news release.
Kamei suggested several measures based on Japan's own experience dealing with four BSE incidents in 2001, including screening "all cattle destined for slaughter" for the disease.
The sources said Japanese consumers must be convinced that boneless, muscle meat from young cattle is completely safe from any BSE contamination, and that there is no risk from any other beef produced for human consumption in Canada, ODJ wrote.
Until the Japanese accept Canadian beef as safe, it is more than likely that Americans will continue to protect their Japanese market by refusing to allow Canadian product to cross the border, wrote ODJ.
U.S. cattlemen share that concern, worried not only about losing Japan, but also South Korea.”
“In other mad-cow news, ODJ reports that an estimated C$20 million worth of Canadian beef that was sent to Japan and South Korea may have to be removed or destroyed because of the BSE investigation.
"South Korea and Japan are telling us that we've got to send it back," said Cam Daniels, vice president of the Canadian Beef Export Federation.”
“Daniels said legislation prohibits the Canadian beef from being returned to Canada since South Korea is known to have foot-and-mouth disease and Japan is known to have BSE as well.”
“Daniels speculated that Japan's decision to return the beef follows two refusals by the Canadian government to allow Japan to send a technical team to oversee the BSE investigation. The second request was said to have come from Japan's Agriculture Minister directly.”
“"It's believed there was a breakdown on the diplomacy front, which has caused some problems with Japan and South Korea," said Daniels.”
“The food agency's Boulanger denied that the Canadian government rejected any request from Japan or, for that matter, from any country that may have been impacted.”

With Ottawa so stupid to tell everyone on the planet that we won't even allow our own beef back into Canada...

And on top to offend the US president... (about the US deficit) which stopped negotiations ... in their tracks... on reopening the border I am told by reliable sources in the Alberta gov.

Does anyone really think Chretien cares about what happens Alberta?

Isn't it about time we stopped sending over 9 billion to Ottawa yearly?

Would Chretien be able to boast about a balanced budget, if Alberta money stopped propping up his gov.?

[Smithy]

http://www.theprairiestar.com/display/inn_ag_news/Columnists/COL11.txt


This was a nice surprise. It looks like some Americans are appreciating the job we are doing.

[ALICIA]

www.theprairiestar.com

I just finished reading and found it very inlighting. It was good to hear that maybe the U.S. didn't just brush it under the table. Thanks for the info.

[charliep]

Does the scientific have an idea how BSE is spread/basic understanding of prions?

The main area seems to be ruminants being fed ruminant by products. Is this prolonged exposure (a mistake on a full bin of supplement) or just one incidence (not cleaning a feed bin properly and having a cow eat one pellet)? Can these prions be passed genetically (passed in the sire line via semen)? Can it be transferred in the maternal line to the fetus? What is the real probability of a genetic mutation?

[ALICIA]

I don't think they really know.
So if you don't know kill every thing and be sure.
But know they are talking that it doesn't show up in cattle under 20 months. how would they know that, they do away with every thing remotly exposed.