Guest guest Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 The feeding of spinal and brain tissue, which is where the prions that cause BSE reside, is what is being blamed on Mad Cow, not manure. And even that is a shaky belief, because they have tried deliberately feeding cattle infected tissue and have not been able to infect that way. Look up Mark Purdey and his ideas on how BSE is caused by organophosphates. I believe he has 3 articles on the WAPF site. I don't see the big deal in letting pigs eat manure. Pigs are the garbage disposals of the barnyard and if they like eating manure and have been eating it for centuries, then I have no problem with it. Even my chickens will eat the actual manure, not just the grains from it. This isn't some horrifying practice like forcing herbivores to eat meat, this is a pig eating what it likes. Weldon A Bit of Earth Farm Litchfield, Ohio > But, isn't is a fact that adding animals waste to some of the cattle diets is one of the causes of Mad Cow? I would just be concerned about adding something from one animal to another animal's feed. And I'm talking livestock, not dogs and cats that eat chicken, beef, fish, etc. > > K.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 Yes, what Mark Purdey discovered was a link between pour on insecticides and the prion mutation that causes BSE. His wesite is: http://www.purdeyenvironment.com/ > The feeding of spinal and brain tissue, which is where the prions that > cause BSE reside, is what is being blamed on Mad Cow, not manure. And > even that is a shaky belief, because they have tried deliberately > feeding cattle infected tissue and have not been able to infect that > way. Look up Mark Purdey and his ideas on how BSE is caused by > organophosphates. I believe he has 3 articles on the WAPF site. > > I don't see the big deal in letting pigs eat manure. Pigs are the > garbage disposals of the barnyard and if they like eating manure and > have been eating it for centuries, then I have no problem with it. > Even my chickens will eat the actual manure, not just the grains from > it. This isn't some horrifying practice like forcing herbivores to eat > meat, this is a pig eating what it likes. > > Weldon > A Bit of Earth Farm > Litchfield, Ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 You are absolutely right. I must have had a brain fart. I only remember they were putting some of those types of meats into the feeds. Why would anyone feed cattle back to cattle anyway? Like there aren't enough sources for vitamins and protein? K.C. Re: pigs eating manure The feeding of spinal and brain tissue, which is where the prions that cause BSE reside, is what is being blamed on Mad Cow, not manure. And even that is a shaky belief, because they have tried deliberately feeding cattle infected tissue and have not been able to infect that way. Look up Mark Purdey and his ideas on how BSE is caused by organophosphates. I believe he has 3 articles on the WAPF site. I don't see the big deal in letting pigs eat manure. Pigs are the garbage disposals of the barnyard and if they like eating manure and have been eating it for centuries, then I have no problem with it. Even my chickens will eat the actual manure, not just the grains from it. This isn't some horrifying practice like forcing herbivores to eat meat, this is a pig eating what it likes. Weldon A Bit of Earth FarmLitchfield, Ohio> But, isn't is a fact that adding animals waste to some of the cattle diets is one of the causes of Mad Cow? I would just be concerned about adding something from one animal to another animal's feed. And I'm talking livestock, not dogs and cats that eat chicken, beef, fish, etc.> > K.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 Cheao source of protein, leftovers from the slaughter houses. Easier then feeding good alfalfa. That's also why feedlot cattle are fed cardboard, newpaper, old phonebooks, etc. Cheap carbohydrates. I read a blurb on Eat Wild about feed lots implanting sponges in the rumens to make up for the lack of fiber in their diets because they are being fed things like that. Weldon A Bit of Earth Farm Litchfield, Ohio > You are absolutely right. I must have had a brain fart. I only remember they were putting some of those types of meats into the feeds. Why would anyone feed cattle back to cattle anyway? Like there aren't enough sources for vitamins and protein? > > K.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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