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Article #1407Re: Euthanized pets being ground into pet food?
From: Betsy Hart
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 00:00
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>Steve Barnard (steve@megafauna.com) wrote: > >> 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. I think you're thinking of the neurologic disease "scrapie", not scabies, which is a skin parasite. Scrapie makes sheep feel very itchy as well, so they rub their wool and eventually their skin off, but this is from nerves malfunctioning, not anything on their skin. --Betsy
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