fuckin A ,watching this stuff makes me so worried. I just got back from nottingham england where I had steak, watched a documentary on CJD happened to search it on youtube and now im gunna die, GREAT.
Yes, only a small portion of cattle in the US are tested... because policy is that only "downer" (clearly sick) cows have to be tested. Not too many "downer" cows have been reported because A) it looks bad on the factory, and B) cows tend not to show symptoms until approx. 5 years after infection, and most beef cows don't live past 3 years old. In other words, cows that may be infected are slaughtered before they even have a chance to show symptoms of BSE.
Where did the sheep get the disease from? Grains? Is prion disease observed in wild animal populations? And how are they contracting it? since the wild animals aren't "unintentionally" being feed infected foodstuff.
In order to denature (unfold) the prion so that it no longer is a harmful protein, one would have to cook the meat at such high temperatures to turn it into charcoal. Standard cooking or grilling of meat has no effect on any prions that are present.
I'd really like to know if cooking the beef makes a difference in whether or not CJD can be transmitted? Anyone have any real documented evidence on this topic? It would go a long way in making me feel better informed about my choices!
@suburbansusie8 Hey, don't know if you saw UCSF's response, but cooking the beef will not make a difference. Proteins are very difficult to destroy or change.
From what I understand about the feeding practices of factory farming, it is likely safer to eat grass-fed-only beef from smaller farms. Cannibals in Papua, New Guinea were contracting this disease because they were eating the brains of dead relatives. It seems cows get BSE from being fed leftover cow nervous systems.
fuckin A ,watching this stuff makes me so worried. I just got back from nottingham england where I had steak, watched a documentary on CJD happened to search it on youtube and now im gunna die, GREAT.
Doublejoe321 11 months ago
I've read that Mad Cow Disease might be misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's, which is high in the U.S.
free2flycari 1 year ago
Yes, only a small portion of cattle in the US are tested... because policy is that only "downer" (clearly sick) cows have to be tested. Not too many "downer" cows have been reported because A) it looks bad on the factory, and B) cows tend not to show symptoms until approx. 5 years after infection, and most beef cows don't live past 3 years old. In other words, cows that may be infected are slaughtered before they even have a chance to show symptoms of BSE.
MllionDollarQuestion 1 year ago
Where did the sheep get the disease from? Grains? Is prion disease observed in wild animal populations? And how are they contracting it? since the wild animals aren't "unintentionally" being feed infected foodstuff.
hellomycognomen 2 years ago
In order to denature (unfold) the prion so that it no longer is a harmful protein, one would have to cook the meat at such high temperatures to turn it into charcoal. Standard cooking or grilling of meat has no effect on any prions that are present.
UCSFMemoryandAging 2 years ago
I'd really like to know if cooking the beef makes a difference in whether or not CJD can be transmitted? Anyone have any real documented evidence on this topic? It would go a long way in making me feel better informed about my choices!
suburbansusie8 2 years ago
@suburbansusie8 Hey, don't know if you saw UCSF's response, but cooking the beef will not make a difference. Proteins are very difficult to destroy or change.
From what I understand about the feeding practices of factory farming, it is likely safer to eat grass-fed-only beef from smaller farms. Cannibals in Papua, New Guinea were contracting this disease because they were eating the brains of dead relatives. It seems cows get BSE from being fed leftover cow nervous systems.
MllionDollarQuestion 1 year ago