[895] in Vegetarian_Support_Group
BSE
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Raymond Q Luk)
Sat Apr 6 18:46:10 1996
To: vsg@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 18:45:39 EST
From: Raymond Q Luk <rql@MIT.EDU>
I read the entire article recently posted on this list about BSE.
(From Mathew Krom, article by: Michael Greger).
I'm a bit curious, though. The article makes a the point:
> "BSE was 'almost certainly'[10] caused by feeding cattle ground up, dead,
> diseased sheep"[18] infected with an ovine spongiform encephalopathy
> known as scrapie.[20]
Isn't it logical that "scrapie" is just as deadly as BSE, assuming BSE
is deadly to humans? How long have sheeps been known to have scrapie?
Humans have been eating sheeps for as long as they've been eating
cows. If the sheeps have been known to have this for an extended
amount of time (few decades, century or two?), has scrapie been known
to jump species barriers into humans, yet?
Also, does anyone have any general info on "prions?" ("Infectious
Proteins")
- Ray
