RE: Mad cow in the USA
 

Ossage; The west has a lot more reason to be upset about eastern decisions than Quebec does. Between oil regulations and the wheat board they keep getting unsavory laws shoved down their throats.

Mad cow was started from feeding cattle sheep that had scrapies. The same disease has been shown to cause similar diseases in humans and other animals. Our present laws still allow the use of diseased cattle and sheep in pet and chicken feed. It's too easy to unintentionally get feed mixed up and end up spreading this disease.

My worry is not even the feed aspect it's that elk and deer picked up CWD from scrapie infected feed lots. These animals got a disease similar to mad cow without eating contaminated animal parts. It is only supposed to take a fraction of a gram of prions to pass on the disease. Now that the genie is out of the bottle with deer and elk, how can cattle feeding in the same areas be protected?

A person that I worked with died of CJD last year. It took him a month to deteriorate. The family was forced to have him cremated as this is the only way to eliminate risk of the disease. The government blamed a trip that he had made to Europe as the cause of his disease but that's an easy way to say our system is safe.

Dan O.

RE: Mad cow in the USA
 

[:o]Sorry guys, I didn't mean to cause a such a stink. I never considered eastern agriculture. We simply don't hear about it here. Adrian, we sell all forms of gear. Your big name firearms, (Remington, Browning, Tikka, Sako, Savage, Weatherby, Ruger, Etc.) Outdoor clothing (North Face, Columbia) All big name Fishing stuff. Wholesale Sports would be the people who sign my paychecks. Again, I apoligize for offending anyone. But sometimes it's just good to vent! Go Alliance!

RE: Mad cow in the USA
 

Some more agricultural Ontario facts. Huron county just south of Bruce has more agicultural out put in dollars than all of PEI.

Ps. I love dealing with Wholesale Sports.

RE: Mad cow in the USA
 

pharioh2; In the east you've got to sell it as the conservative party if you want to have a chance of winning. Maybe it's alliance in the west but that's too extreme in the east.

Dan O.

RE: Mad cow in the USA
 

Thanx for the support guys