Guest guest Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Okay, people, time to stop giggling at paranoid meat-eaters and sober up! Vegetarianism is serious stuff, by golly, and so is health. Well, yeah, I guess it is ;=) So, here's a sobering thought from our friend at NotMilk: Best, Pat > Milk and Tuberculosis > > According to Virgil Hulse, M.D. (Author of Mad Cows > and Milkgate), half of the dairy herds in America > have cows testing positive for bovine tuberculosis. > One cow infects another cow with tuberculosis. > > Last week (January 10, 2005), America became aware > of the Michigan hunter who caught bovine > tuberculosis > from a deer. The deer most likely ran out of the > woods > onto the cow's turf and became infected. This story > should > act as a warning to both hunter and dairy consumer. > Eat > body parts or drink body fluids from diseased > animals > and suffer the consequences. See: > > <http://glrc.org/story.php3?story_id=2524 > > > Some say that half the dairy herds in America are > infected > with bovine tuberculosis. Others promote the > consumption > of raw milk. Neither thought should be comforting to > milk > and dairy consumers. > > Milk & Tuberculosis > > " Infected raw milk is the chief means by which > milk-borne tuberculosis is transmitted to man. " > > Journal of Dairy Science, 19:435, 1936 > > " Many diseases such as tuberculosis are > transmissible by milk products. " > > Journal of Dairy Science 1988; 71 > > " Some strains of mycobacteria, similar to those that > > are associated with tuberculosis, have been found to > > survive pasteurization. " > > The National Mastitis Council, Inc. 1970 Washington, > D.C. > > " A Mycobacterium bovis-infected dairy herd of 369 > Holstein cows with lactation duration between 200 > and 360 days was tested... 170 cows had positive > tuberculin test results, and 199 had negative > results. " > > Journal of the American Veterinary Medical > Association, > 1998 Sep, 213:6 > > Robert Cohen > http://www.notmilk.com > > > > ------------------- > THE NOTMILK NEWSLETTER: > SUBSCRIBE: send an empty Email to- > notmilk- > UNSUBSCRIBE: send an empty Email to- > notmilk- > > Forward this message to your milk-drinking friends: > MILK from A to Z: > http://www.notmilk.com/milkatoz.html > 2O QUESTIONS: http://www.notmilk.com/notmilkfaq.html > > What is an excellent alternative for NOTMILK? > > http://www.soytoy.com ... make your own grain and > nut milks! > > SoyToy recipes forum: > soytoy- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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