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| Author | Topic: Salmon and Mad Cow Disease |
| Max Ledbetter |
posted 5/24/03 11:49 PM
I read a few years ago (and I'm not sure where, perhaps in Scientific American) that Pacific salmon are vulnerable to the prion that causes Mad Cow Disease. Now, according to the news, some of the chicken feed shipped to British Columbia contains rendered protein from an Albertan Mad Cow. We can all imagine the fish and their fry eating the animal feed as it enters the rivers flowing to the Pacific. So should we ask a hard and wild question: How much prion-contaminated farm feed will it take to contaminate our salmon? Max Ledbetter http://thefishfinder.com/members/saltwater/ledbetter http://thefishfinder.com/members/saltwater/ledbetter http://thefishfinder.com/members/saltwater/ledbetter |
| Max Ledbetter |
posted 5/25/03 4:49 PM
In response to today's New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/25/weekinreview/25RIDL.html) I posted to their message board the following: Science is not about the cloaked preachings of so-and-so. And MAD COW DISEASE IS NO LESS SCAREY DESPITE Matt Ridley's smoke screen in today's NYTimes ("LEARNING THROUGH SCIENCE: Mad Cow Disease Is a Little Less Scary"). In fact yesterday I posted the following in Vancouver (and elsewhere): I read a few years ago (and I'm not sure where, perhaps in Scientific American) that Pacific salmon are vulnerable to the prion that causes Mad Cow Disease. Now, according to the news, some of the chicken feed shipped to British Columbia contains rendered protein from an Albertan Mad Cow. We can all imagine the fish and their fry eating the animal feed as it enters the rivers flowing to the Pacific. So should we ask a hard and wild question: How much prion-contaminated farm feed will it take to contaminate our Pacific salmon? Max Ledbetter http://thefishfinder.com/members/saltwater/ledbetter http://thefishfinder.com/members/saltwater/ledbetter http://thefishfinder.com/members/saltwater/ledbetter |
| Max Ledbetter |
posted 5/25/03 6:09 PM
Here was an interesting e-mail response: Re: Salmon and Mad Cow Disease I may well be interested, but would really have to know a bit more about the nature of your work before I could give you any kind of answer or ask to see the manuscript. The typical e-mail query consists of a letter describing your work in general (plot, etc.), and is usually accompanied by a synopsis/outline and a brief biographical note. Please note that screenplay queries are deleted unread. Best wishes. William Clark Wm CLARK ASSOCIATES http://www.wmclark.com/ http://thefishfinder.com/members/saltwater/ledbetter http://thefishfinder.com/members/saltwater/ledbetter |
| Max Ledbetter |
posted 5/25/03 6:10 PM
Re: Salmon and Mad Cow Disease I may well be interested, but would really have to know a bit more about the nature of your work before I could give you any kind of answer or ask to see the manuscript. The typical e-mail query consists of a letter describing your work in general (plot, etc.), and is usually accompanied by a synopsis/outline and a brief biographical note. Please note that screenplay queries are deleted unread. Best wishes. William Clark Wm CLARK ASSOCIATES http://www.wmclark.com/ http://thefishfinder.com/members/saltwater/ledbetter http://thefishfinder.com/members/saltwater/ledbetter |
| FGHPAK |
posted 10/19/03 2:07 PM
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| FGHPAK |
posted 12/3/03 9:18 PM
This site is not an advertising forum. It is here to discuss fishing. If you have a nice site pay for an ad. [This message has been edited on 12/04/2003] |
| Max Ledbetter |
posted 1/22/05 11:22 PM
For further references to my work see http://www.google.ca/search?q=hilborn+and+ledbetter Max Ledbetter http://www.google.ca/search?q=hilborn+and+ledbetter http://www.google.ca/search?q=hilborn+and+ledbetter |
| Max Ledbetter |
posted 1/28/05 7:08 PM
Mad Cow Crosses Species Barrier from http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Goat-Had-Mad-Cow-Disease-in-France-40120.html Jan. 28, 2005 Goat Had 'Mad Cow' Disease in France Goat Had 'Mad Cow' Disease in France AFX News 01/28/05 9:32 AM PT "The discovery is a disturbing sign that BSE can be transmitted to other species used for human consumption. The disease has been linked to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of mad cow, which causes brain wasting, personality change, loss of body function and death. A French goat slaughtered in 2002 has tested positive for "mad cow" disease, the French agriculture ministry said, in what is the first known case in the world of the fatal illness occurring in an animal other than a bovine. In Brussels, the European Commission said that confirmation of mad cow disease in the goat was the first time ever the condition has crossed over from bovines to another species. But the Commission said there was minimal risk to humans after scientists established that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has crossed the species barrier from cows naturally. "It's the first natural case in the world," European Commission spokesman Philip Tod told Agence France-Presse, explaining that goats had been given BSE in laboratories to see if the cross-species infection was possible. The discovery is a disturbing sign that BSE can be transmitted to other species used for human consumption. BSE has been linked to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of mad cow disease, which causes brain wasting, personality change, loss of body function and ultimately death." |
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