Mad Cow Disease Update

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Causes of Mad Cow Disease win real Pet Food Problems win real

Date:	01-07-04
Host:	George Noory
Guests:	Howard Lyman

Former cattle rancherHoward Lyman (madcowboy.com(1)) appeared on Wednesday's show discussing the increasing danger of Mad Cow Disease in the US. Called CJD when it affects humans, it was thought to be relatively rare. But Lyman referenced a study that showed that as many as 6 to 13% of Alzheimer patients may have been misdiagnosed, as they tested positive for CJD, which is associated with brain deterioration.
The problem, he said, has developed because cows are fed ground up animal parts, allowing disease-causing prions to spread. Because the illness can take a number of years to incubate, the animals often don't look sick. "Surveillance in the US is an absolute sham," opined Lyman, who said that over a 13 year period, only 57,000 out of millions of cattle in this country were tested for the disease. The government attitude is "don't look, don't find," he said.
Lyman, who advocates eating an organic vegan diet, said 40% of hamburger meat actually comes from "old spent dairy cows," that became too feeble to stand. "The majority of poultry inspectors would not eat the product they were inspecting," he added. Further, he warned that a large percentage of pet food is made up of rendered animal parts which may have prions. To avoid such products, he said to watch out for ingredients listed as "digest" or "bypass protein" which are code words for ground up animals.

1. http://www.madcowboy.com/

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Howard Lyman is pictured here (click on for larger) at Prionics(1) in Switzerland, a biotech company that develops tests for prion diseases such as BSE and CJD. The infectious agents known as prions are malformed protein particles that are thought to be spread when animalseat the infected remains of their own species or other species. 1. http://www.prionics.ch

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Bumper music from Wednesday January 07, 2004

1.	Any Colour You Like Pink Floyd	2.	Baker Street Gerry Rafferty	3.	Bloody Well Right Supertramp
4.	Desert Rose Sting	5.	Dirty Laundry Don Henley	6.	Evil Ways Santana
7.	Gypsy Fleetwood Mac	8.	Hypnotized Fleetwood Mac	9.	Inca Dance Cusco
10.	Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder	11.	Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder	12.	No Reply at All Genesis
13.	Ride Like the Wind Christopher Cross	14.	Right Now Van Halen	15.	Your Song Elton John
16.	Your song Ewan McGregor	17.	Your Song Rod Stewart	18.	Miss You Rolling Stones