FW: " animal burial "

["MacLellan, Jay A" <jay.a.maclellan@PNL.GOV>]

Re:     Mad cow disease (BSE) is not caused by a virus, but is a not well

understood

        disease which involves wrongly folded prions (proteins).  Franz



My wife was talking with a man, who happens to be a butcher, who believes mad

cow disease is a result of the practice of feeding recycled processing waste to

animals (cannibalism).  Does anyone know if this is an accepted possibility?

Jay MacLellan

jay.a.maclellan@pnl.gov



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