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Article #1393Re: Euthanized pets being ground into pet food?
From: Miche
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 00:00
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In article <31A13661.6E0C@megafauna.com> Steve Barnard <steve@megafauna.com> writes: > These prions are disease organisms that can hardly be said to be alive. > They aren't even as advanced as viruses, not by a long shot. They also > cause "scabies" in sheep and are known to cause a brain disease in > cannabilistic human societies. The sheep disease is actually called 'scrapie'. Scabies is an insect infestation of humans. The human disease referred to here is called kuru, and is contracted by eating the brain of an infected person. Miche ------------ michelle.campbell@stonebow.otago.ac.nz What I post is my opinion only. "If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? She would have been the paintbrush." - Dawn French
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112a1b,c5612e61bfe0732d X-Google-Attributes: gid112a1b,public X-Google-Thread: 1062c1,c5612e61bfe0732d X-Google-Attributes: gid1062c1,public X-Google-Thread: 103211,c5612e61bfe0732d X-Google-Attributes: gid103211,public X-Google-Thread: 10f3ae,c5612e61bfe0732d X-Google-Attributes: gid10f3ae,public From: michelle.campbell@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Miche) Subject: Re: Euthanized pets being ground into pet food? Date: 1996/05/21 Message-ID: <4ntcsq$r9t@celebrian.otago.ac.nz> X-Deja-AN: 155988715 sender: ou004736@galadriel.otago.ac.nz references: <qutDrFsrr.Muz@netcom.com> x-authenticated: ou004736 on POP host galadriel.otago.ac.nz organization: University of Otago Student Resource Rooms x-posted-from: InterNews 1.0.1@ou228005.otago.ac.nz newsgroups: rec.pets,alt.folklore.urban,aus.pets,rec.pets.cats