[1] Date: 24 Apr 2000 From: Candida St. John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: Reuters, 21 Apr 2000 [edited] Britain's opposition Conservative Party has called for a Europe-wide ban on French beef after reports mad cow disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, BSE) is rising in France. France has recorded 14 cases of BSE this year, compared to a total of 30 in 1999. France is to start conducting tests for BSE in May on 48 000 cows and has taken several other steps to halt transmission of the illness. - -- Candida St. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** [2] Date: 26 Apr 2000 From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> through Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: Associate Press Worldstream via COMTEX 26 Apr 00 [edited] France's Agriculture Ministry reported 2 new cases of mad cow disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, BSE) in western France. The cows were the 15th and 16th cases in France this year. The animals were from the Cotes d'Armor region. The 2 cows and their herds, comprising 112 cows were slaughtered. Thirty-one cases of BSE were discovered in France in 1999, up from 18 in 1998. - -- Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** [3] Date: 8 May 2000 From: M. Cosgriff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source:BBC News, 8 May 2000 [edited] BSE "spread through cowpats" - ----------------------------- Experts believe cattle continued to catch BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, mad cow disease) after August 1996. The BSE epidemic may last longer than expected because cattle were at a "real risk" of catching the disease from the cowpats of infected cattle, according to leading scientists. BSE experts believe cattle continued to catch the disease through contaminated soil long after the date the government believed was possible. The government has insisted that the last cattle were infected in August 1996, either through contaminated feed or, in a small number of cases, from mother to calf. Microbiologist Dr Stephen Dealler told the program he feared the findings could lead to France and Germany extending their bans on the import of British beef. He added that the future spread of BSE could be "drastically reduced" if cattle and sheep were injected with the drug pentosan polysulphate. The compound, used in the United States to treat cystitis, has been shown to drastically reduce BSE infectivity in laboratory mice, Dr Dealler said. - -- M. Cosgriff [EMAIL PROTECTED] ................................tg/ds <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
