Mad Cow Disease Suspected in Spanish Doctors Death

http://www.the-gates-of-hell.com/mad-cow-disease-suspected-in-spanish-doctors-death/

The TRUTH about CJD - Its Spreading in USA

http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/

Physician Finds Relationship Between Contaminated Food & Alzheimers

http://atomic5.com/physician-lawrence-broxmeyer-finds-relationship-between-contaminated-food-and-alzheimers

French Court Sets Date in Hormone Scandal Trial

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i1KJuxgf-oHWP5r6zR-wDt29RTdw?docId=CNG.fec6f3aa9abd3e72e578e9dd700205c7.c71

Gov't Worries Carcass Disposal May Contaminate Ground, Water

Fenstermacher said some people are objecting to the offensive smells coming from the Dead Animal Removal (DAR) composting area located in the vicinity of Cambridge Road. A spokesperson from DAR said they use a composting process which eats up the animal in a short time. He said about a year-and-a-half ago the government became concerned that the process used by many places to dispose of dead farm animals might permit the spread of mad cow disease, so places like Valley Protein could no longer take dead farm animals, and that this was why they started their service to farmers.
DAR is working on the issue by putting in a new solar digester which will reduce the odor. DAR is a service to the public approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and licensed by the Department of Environmental Protection.

A resident living near the composting operation said that it is not a pleasant smell, but is bearable, and added that it occurs one day a week or a few days during the summer.

Fenstermacher said that the Township talked to the Amish neighbors, who like the service because it is free. Twenty to 30 animals are composted weekly. There is no limit on the permit.



http://www.tricountyrecord.com/articles/2010/11/23/news/doc4cec3cfa74dbc102383658.txt?viewmode=default

USDA Sues Dead Beat Meat Co.

Eastern Livestock Co. , reported to be one of the nations largest beef suppliers, dosent pay its bils.Owes cattlemen big time;

http://newsandtribune.com/local/x1455936765/USDA-takes-official-action-against-Eastern-Livestock

Mad Cow Prions Thrive in Dirt (Even After Freeze)

And it is important to remember, these silly little malformed prions DONT cook out with heat;

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/46231/

NO meat is safe!

Nebraska Dept. of Ag Guy Falsifies Mad-Cow Records

http://www.northplattebulletin.com/index.asp?show=news&action=readStory&storyID=19826&pageID=24

Brazil Reports 1st Possible Case of Mad-Cow Disease in Humans (CJD)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-18/brazil-reports-first-possible-case-of-mad-cow-disease-in-a-person.html

US Meat Monopoly Rule May Costs Jobs, Hurt Economy

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-11-10/u-s-meat-monopoly-rule-may-cost-jobs-hurt-economy.html





US Meat "Growers,"......."Cant Beat Our Meat, but We Still Try"

Wheres the Beef? US-S. Korea Trade Talks Exclude Beef

http://www.einnews.com/pr-news/221062-where-s-the-beef-u-s-south-korea-trade-talks-exclude-beef-sales

EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS - USA (40): (MICHIGAN) EQUINE

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Date: Mon 8 Nov 2010
Source: Kalamazoo Gazette [edited]



Equine encephalitis toll reaches 133 in south west Michigan
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The state has reported a final tally for one of the worst outbreaks of
eastern equine encephalitis in 30 years -- by veterinarians' counts 133
horses were stricken, with all but 4 killed by the mosquitoborne disease,
most in south west Michigan.

At 55 confirmed EEE cases, 2010 is tied with 1981 for having the 2nd
highest number on record, said Michigan Department of Agriculture State
Veterinarian Steven Halstead. In 1980, there were 93 confirmed cases. How
many unconfirmed cases occurred in those years is unclear, Halstead said.

Why the discrepancy between 133 dead horses this summer [2010] and the
official tally of only 55? It's not that the additional 78 cases are in
question, Halstead said. It's that laboratory testing to confirm the EEE
diagnosis was not conducted in the majority of the deaths.

Veterinarians, required to report diseases such as EEE, may base their
diagnoses on clinical signs alone -- neurological impairment and, usually,
death in the case of EEE. But for the diagnosis to be confirmed, brain
tissue samples must be submitted for laboratory testing.

It's up to the horse owner to pay for the test, which can cost as much as
USD 200. There's no requirement that it be done, but without testing, that
horse's death will not be counted among the "confirmed" cases.

That galls veterinarian Jim Connell of Town and Country Veterinary Hospital
in Allegan, who said an artificially low tally misrepresents the level of
threat and may have contributed to complacency among horse owners.

An effective vaccine is available, but Connell said many horse owners have
cut back on the vaccinations available to protect their horses from
diseases such as EEE, rabies, and West Nile virus because money is tight.
"At some level it was spend money on the horse or spend money for
groceries," he said, and many horse owners took the chance that their horse
would not be exposed.

This year [2010], a huge population of mosquitoes combined with a growing
number of unprotected horses contributed to the rapid spread of the disease.

Connell said, for the sake of solid statistics and a more accurate picture
of the level of risk, he would like to see some government health agencies
share the cost of testing. "We're dealing with a federal and state mandate
to report this disease, while putting the onus of payment (for
confirmation) onto the owner --who is in this spot because he couldn't
afford to vaccinate in the 1st place," the Allegan veterinarian said.

When the 1st reports of horses stricken by EEE began emerging in Barry
County, state agriculture officials and private veterinarians began ramping
up efforts to get the word out. "We provided updates on the outbreak to the
Michigan Veterinary Medical Association, the Michigan Equine Partnership,
Michigan State University [MSU] College of Veterinary Medicine, and MSU
Extension," Halstead said. Local health departments were informed weekly
and Michigan's Emerging Diseases website was updated weekly.

Yet, "in the horse community, on the horse grapevine, this should have been
the topic of conversation and in the heat of this thing -- it wasn't,"
Connell said. "For the life of me, I don't understand why. I'm very
frustrated that the horse community didn't seem to take this seriously."

It's all hindsight now. Cold weather has killed the mosquitoes that carry
the virus, so no new cases are expected. In the end, Barry County was
hardest hit, with 43 cases either reported by veterinarians or confirmed by
the state. Most other cases were also from south west Michigan counties,
though sick horses were discovered in Eaton, Livingston, Jackson, and
Oakland counties as well. 6 horses died without a county of residence recorded.

Health officials say 3 people in Michigan were stricken with EEE this year
[2010] as well. "The take home message," Connell said, "is for God's sake,
vaccinate your horse next year -- work with your vet to make it happen."

[byline: Rosemary Parker]

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[Dr Connell is right -- vaccinate! Make it happen. This is a preventable
tragedy for every owner, for the veterinarians, for the equine victim.

While the disease has waned for now, it will be back next year. - Mod.TG

The state of Michigan in the Great Lakes Region of the US can be located on
the HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map at .
The counties mentioned can be seen on the map at
. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]

[see also:
Eastern equine encephalitis - USA (39): (NJ) 20101027.3903
Eastern equine encephalitis - USA (38): (FL) equine, correction 20101022.3826
Eastern equine encephalitis - USA (37): (IN) equine 20101021.3816
Eastern equine encephalitis - USA (36): (NE) equine, not 20101015.3737
Eastern equine encephalitis - USA (35): (FL) equine 20101015.3736
Eastern equine encephalitis - USA (34): (OH,NY) equine 20101012.3698
Eastern equine encephalitis - USA (33): (MI) human, equine 20101003.3587
Eastern equine encephalitis - USA (32): (OH) equine 20101002.3575
Eastern equine encephalitis - USA (31): (NY) equine, human 20100926.3494
Eastern equine encephalitis - USA (30): (AL, NE, OH) equine 20100918.3375
Eastern equine encephalitis - USA (20): (FL), fatal 20100818.2871
Eastern equine encephalitis - USA (10): (MA, MI) 20100728.2529
Eastern equine encephalitis - USA: (FL) 20100527.1755]

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Wyoming "Cattle Growers" Oppose Increase in "Beef Promotional" Funding

http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_eb3aa6db-3941-5810-805c-b4ad43fde69b.html

How Mad-Cow Disease Can Escape U.S. Detection

http://www.prlog.org/11040449-how-mad-cow-disease-can-escape-us-beef-detection-dr-lawrence-broxmeyer.html

Brucellosis: Ted Turner's Bison Ranch, Montana

http://meatsubs.blogspot.com/2010/11/brucellosis-bovine-usa-02-montana.html

PRION DISEASE UPDATE 2010 (10)

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[With the continuing decline of the number of cases in the human
population of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- abbreviated
previously as vCJD or CJD (new var.) in ProMED-mail -- it has been
decided to broaden the scope of the occasional ProMED-mail updates to
include other prion-related diseases. In addition to vCJD, data on
other forms of CJD: sporadic, iatrogenic, familial, and GSS
(Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease) are included also since they
may have some relevance to the incidence and etiology of vCJD. - Mod.CP]

In this update:
[1] UK: National CJD Surveillance Unit - monthly statistics as of Mon
1 Nov 2010 - no new vCJD cases
[2] France: Institut de Veille Sanitaire - monthly statistics as of
Fri 29 Oct 2010 - no new vCJD cases
[3] USA: National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center - data
not updated since 31 Jul 2010, no indigenous vCJD
[4] Prion disease susceptibility

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[1] UK: National CJD Surveillance Unit - monthly statistics as of Mon
1 Nov 2010 - no new vCJD cases
Date: Mon 1 Nov 2010
Source: UK National CJD Surveillance Unit, monthly statistics [edited]



The number of deaths due to definite or probable vCJD cases remains
170. A total of 4 definite/probable patients are still alive so the
total number of definite or probable vCJD cases remains 174.

Although 3 new deaths due to vCJD were recorded in 2009 and now 3
deaths in 2010 so far, the overall picture is still consistent with
the view that the vCJD outbreak in the UK is in decline, albeit now
with a pronounced tail. The 1st cases were observed in 1995, and the
peak number of deaths was 28 in the year 2000, followed by 20 in
2001, 17 in 2002, 18 in 2003, 9 in 2004, 5 in 2005, 5 in 2006, 5 in
2007, one in 2008, 3 in 2009, and now 3 so far in 2010.

Totals for all types of CJD cases in the UK so far in the year 2010
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During the 1st 10 months of 2010, there have been 126 referrals, 54
fatal cases of sporadic CJD, 3 fatal cases of vCJD, 2 cases of
iatrogenic CJD, 2 cases of familial CJD, and one case of GSS.

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[2] France: Institut de Veille Sanitaire - monthly statistics as of
Fri 29 Oct 2010 - no new vCJD cases
Date: Fri 5 Nov 2010
Source: IVS - Maladie de Creutzfeldt-Jakob et maladies apparentees
[in French, trans. & summ. Mod.CP, edited]



During the 1st 10 months of 2010, there were 1332 referrals, 75
confirmed cases of sporadic CJD, 4 cases of familial CJD, and no
cases of iatrogenic CJD or vCJD.

A total of 25 cases of confirmed or probable vCJD have been recorded
in France since records began in 1992. There was 1 case in 1996, 1 in
2000, 1 in 2001, 3 in 2002, 2 in 2004, 6 in 2005, 6 in 2006, 3 in
2007, 2 in 2009, and none so far in 2010.

The 25 confirmed cases comprise 13 females and 12 males. All 25 are
now deceased. Their median age is 37 (between 19 and 58). 7 were
resident in the Ile-de-France and 18 in the provinces. All the
identified cases have been Met-Met homozygotes. No risk factor has
been identified. One of the 25 had made frequent visits to the United
Kingdom, during about 10 years from 1987.

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[3] USA: National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center - data
not updated since 31 Jul 2010, no indigenous vCJD
Date: Fri 5 Nov 2010
Source: US National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center [edited]



No update since 31 Jul 2010.

During the 7 month period 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Jul 2010, there were 204
referrals, 124 of whom were classified as prion disease, comprising
85 cases of sporadic CJD, 20 of familial CJD, and no cases of
iatrogenic CJD or vCJD.

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[4] Prion disease susceptibility
Date: Mon 1 Nov 2010
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA
(PNAS) [edited]



Ref: MQ Khan, B Sweeting, VK Mulligan, et al: Prion disease
susceptibility is affected by beta-structure folding propensity and
local side-chain interactions in PrP. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2010
(Epub ahead of print); doi:10.1073/pnas.1005267107
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Abstract
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Prion diseases occur when the normally alpha-helical prion protein
(PrP) converts to a pathological beta-structured state with prion
infectivity (PrPSc). Exposure to PrPSc from other mammals can
catalyze this conversion. Evidence from experimental and accidental
transmission of prions suggests that mammals vary in their prion
disease susceptibility: hamsters and mice show relatively high
susceptibility, whereas rabbits, horses, and dogs show low susceptibility.

Using a novel approach to quantify conformational states of PrP by
circular dichroism (CD), we find that prion susceptibility tracks
with the intrinsic propensity of mammalian PrP to convert from the
native, alpha-helical state to a cytotoxic beta-structured state,
which exists in a monomer-octamer equilibrium. It has been
controversial whether beta-structured monomers exist at acidic pH;
sedimentation equilibrium and dual-wavelength CD evidence is
presented for an equilibrium between a beta-structured monomer and
octamer in some acidic pH conditions.

Our X-ray crystallographic structure of rabbit PrP has identified a
key helix-capping motif implicated in the low prion disease
susceptibility of rabbits. Removal of this capping motif increases
the beta-structure folding propensity of rabbit PrP to match that of
PrP from mouse, a species more susceptible to prion disease.

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[This research provides a physical explanation of how changes in the
structure of the prion protein can affect the prion disease
susceptibility of different mammals. - Mod.CP]

[see also:
Prion disease update 2010 (09) 20101006.3622
Prion disease update 2010 (08) 20100911.3285
Prion disease update 2010 (07) 20100809.2720
Prion disease update 2010 (06) 20100706.2248
Prion disease update 2010 (05) 20100507.1488
Prion disease update 2010 (04) 20100405.1091
Prion disease update 2010 (03) 20100304.0709
Prion disease update 2010 (02) 20100205.0386
Prion disease update 2010 20100107.0076]
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Schriver: The Mad Cow - Alzheimer Connection

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rita-altman-rn/five-reasons-why-you-must_b_773697.html

Mad Cow Making a Come-back in USA? Ha Ha Ha It Never Went Away!

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1010/S00181/is-us-beef-at-risk-of-mad-cow-disease-again.htm

Big-Horn Die Off Attributed to Domestic Sheep

http://www.cast-science.org/websiteUploads/publicationPDFs/Sheep%20Pasteurellosis%20Commentary156.pdf

USDA LIES about Brucellisos Tranmission: Blames Buffalo for Infecting Cows

Everyone who knows anything about disease transmission between wild and domestic animals knows it is the DOMESTICS that endanger the wild ones.

USDA is using this PHONEY report to kill off thousands of buffalo;
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/cattle/downloads/cattle-bison.pdf

When the better course of action would be to get the damn welfare ranchers privately owned cows off of our public lands. Not only would it greatly help to stop the spread of this dreaded disease, but would SAVE our Nation nearly a billion dollars a year (cost to public to maintain the Public Grazing Program)

BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE - USA: (WYOMING)

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Date: Wed 27 Oct 2010
Source: trib.com [edited]

According to the state veterinarian 3 cows from a northwest Wyoming
cattle herd have initially tested positive for brucellosis.

Dr Jim Logan said in a media release this morning [27 Oct 2010] his
agency was notified by the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory that
blood from the 3 cows reacted to tests for brucellosis. The cows are
from a single herd in Park County.

Brucellosis is a bacterial disease that can cause cattle, elk, and
bison to abort their calves.

Scientists believe the area around Yellowstone National Park in
northwest Wyoming contains the last remaining reservoirs of the
disease. The disease can be transmitted from wildlife to cattle.

(I believe it is the other way around, see wiki; Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone area:

"Wild bison and elk in the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) are the last remaining reservoir of Brucella abortus in the U.S. The recent transmission of brucellosis from cattle to elk in Idaho and Wyoming illustrates how brucellosis in domestic cattle around the GYA may negatively affect wildlife. Eliminating brucellosis from this area is a challenge, because these animals are on public land and there are many viewpoints involved in the management of these animals."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brucellosis


Logan said reactors on blood tests do not absolutely prove that
cattle are infected with brucellosis. However, Logan said the
reactors were very strong indicators that the likelihood of infection is high.

Tissue and blood samples were collected from the 3 cows and submitted
to the state lab for a full diagnostic evaluation. Tests results may
take up to 2 weeks to complete.

The presence of the disease within the herd -- if confirmed through
further testing -- could result in additional testing requirements
and strict adherence to quarantine procedures to keep Wyoming from
losing its federal brucellosis-free status.

[Byline: Jeff Gearino]

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[This area around Cody, Wyoming is adjacent to Yellowstone National
Park, where spillover from infected bison and elk herds has been a
major road block in the effort to eradicate brucellosis from the
national cattle herd. The area can be seen on the
HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map at .

See

for a nice overview of the problem by USDA APHIS (Animal Plant Health
Inspection Service). - Mod.PC]

[see also:
Brucellosis, cervid - USA (05): Yellowstone 20100427.1352
Brucellosis, cervid - USA (04): Yellowstone 20100425.1340
Brucellosis, cervid - USA (03): (Gtr. Yellowstone Ecosystem 20100401.1048
Brucellosis, cervid - USA: (WY) corr. 20100212.0501
Brucellosis, cervid - USA: (WY) 20100211.0480
2009
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Brucellosis, bovine - USA: (ID) 20091215.4249
Brucellosis, cervids - USA (02): (WY) 20090220.0718
Brucellosis, cervids - USA: (MT) 20090117.0196
2008
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Brucellosis, bovine - USA (08): (MT), loss of status 20080905.2770
Brucellosis, bovine - USA (07): (WY) 20080807.2427
Brucellosis, bovine - USA (06): (WY) ex elk 20080727.2288
Brucellosis, bovine - USA (03): (WY) 20080619.1907]
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