peculiar / alleluya

very nice.

BSE has been in this country for decades.
US elk and deer herds have been hit very hard.

You know they used to call this stuff Scrapie.

Now that farms are 95% mega corporations, spotting the disease let alone caring is unlikely.

They say the prion proteins are ubiquitous in the soil but eating the twisted protein is always dangerous.

There is a glimmer of hope in fighting this syndrome.
I can post this hopeful research later.
Prevention is tough however since 1200-1600 F is required to destroy the protein should it reside on surgical/dental instruments.



.......................................on the far side : )

One of my favoirte sci fi novels ties together cattle mutilation and prion disease used as an extraterrestrail weapon.