Mad Cow U.S.A.: Could the Nightmare Happen Here?After a decade of denial, the British government stunned the world in 1996 by admitting that the deadly dementia affecting its beef and dairy herds was "the most likely cause" of a new, equally deadly human disease which may have already infected millions of people. "Mad Cow USA" looks at the scientists and science behind a rare and capricious class of diseases that have baffled researchers for centuries, and tells--despite U.S. government reassurances--how "mad cow" disease could happen here. |
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... Kimberlin . " By all accounts an out- standing scientist , Kimberlin had worked at the Compton station since the days when scrapie research was a jousting - ground for small , warring cliques of British researchers . He specialized in ...
... Kimberlin . " By all accounts an out- standing scientist , Kimberlin had worked at the Compton station since the days when scrapie research was a jousting - ground for small , warring cliques of British researchers . He specialized in ...
Page 93
... Kimberlin said , " It estab- lished that BSE is associated with the feeding of meat and bone meal . . . . That is one of the best documented pieces of evidence that we have . I really can't emphasize it too strongly . " Wilesmith ...
... Kimberlin said , " It estab- lished that BSE is associated with the feeding of meat and bone meal . . . . That is one of the best documented pieces of evidence that we have . I really can't emphasize it too strongly . " Wilesmith ...
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... Kimberlin . Rohwer reexamined previous research into the infectious agent and disagreed with researchers ' conclusions regarding its size and seem- ing indestructibility . Maybe it was a virus after all . Kimberlin opposed the prion ...
... Kimberlin . Rohwer reexamined previous research into the infectious agent and disagreed with researchers ' conclusions regarding its size and seem- ing indestructibility . Maybe it was a virus after all . Kimberlin opposed the prion ...
Contents
THE THING THAT EATS YOUR BRAIN | 25 |
THE INTERESTS OF INDUSTRY | 59 |
Outbreak in Americas Dairyland | 85 |
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