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Article #1409Re: Euthanized pets being ground into pet food?
From: Steve Barnard
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 00:00
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Betsy Hart wrote: > > >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 Boy, do I wish I hadn't accidently written "scabies." I regreted it as soon as my finger hit the mouse button. I think I got the real name wrong in my correction, too. Sigh. Steve Barnard
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103211,c5612e61bfe0732d X-Google-Attributes: gid103211,public X-Google-Thread: 104195,c5612e61bfe0732d X-Google-Attributes: gid104195,public X-Google-Thread: 12ac45,97da85ac3eb113bb X-Google-Attributes: gid12ac45,public X-Google-Thread: 10f3ae,c5612e61bfe0732d X-Google-Attributes: gid10f3ae,public X-Google-Thread: 112a1b,c5612e61bfe0732d X-Google-Attributes: gid112a1b,public X-Google-Thread: 1062c1,c5612e61bfe0732d X-Google-Attributes: gid1062c1,public X-Google-Thread: fb747,c5612e61bfe0732d X-Google-Attributes: gidfb747,public From: Steve Barnard <steve@megafauna.com> Subject: Re: Euthanized pets being ground into pet food? Date: 1996/05/22 Message-ID: <31A3B06B.2D72@megafauna.com> X-Deja-AN: 156209064 references: <qutDrFsrr.Muz@netcom.com> <4npdcq$471@news1.channel1.com> <31A13661.6E0C@megafauna.com> <4nsfnb$114@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca> <4nvuth$an@dawkins.baz.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: megafauna mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: steve@megafauna.com newsgroups: rec.pets,alt.folklore.urban,aus.pets,rec.pets.cats,rec.pets.dogs,rec.pets.misc,rec.pets.behavior x-mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Macintosh; I; 68K)