Posted by: marilyn day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In addition, some bacteria can "hibernate" until conditions are favorable.
Tracey Rentcome wrote:
> Posted by: "Tracey Rentcome" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Ruby,
> freezing meat will kill or reduce bacteria and some other pathogens, but it
> does NOT affect prions, the organisms responsible for the "mad cow" disease
> and also the similar disease being noted in deer populations further North.
> Prions are not destroyed by extremes of temperature in either direction, as
> I understand it.
>
> Tracey Rentcome
> Great Dane Rescue of Houston, Inc.
> (281)894-9239
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Marilyn Day
Stafford, VA
