CJD is v-Mad Cow Disease endemic in Canada Apr. 12th, 2008 at 8:52 PM Jorma Jyrkkanen

 

CJD is v-Mad Cow Disease endemic in Canada

• Apr. 12th, 2008 at 8:52 PM

My digging into the literature has turned up this juicy tidbit. Mad cow disease, the human variant which is called Creutzfeld Jacob Disease, has always had a one in a million rate of occurrence in Canada. All the hullabaloo that is made about Mad Cow and Prion disease is about a natural disease that is also endemic in wildlife. Deer and Elk and I am sure other animals have been found with this disease in both Canada and the USA. This disease is present probably around the world in nature and is only facilitated by human activities of feeding ungulates animal protein products, a practice that is easy to stop. It is the same type of disease as Kuru in Pacific Islanders, which they acquired by eating the brains of dead relatives. Agriculture Canada should just admit that this is the case and let us all take or reject the risks of beef up front but holy cow, stop feeding animal products to ungulates. We all gamble with higher odds than this daily when we drive to work and use our cell phones.

© 2008 J. Jyrkkanen

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