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On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:13:55 -0600, Philip <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Yup, the article confirms what Dr. Eades said:
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> <<... leading some microbiologists to suggest that it arose inindustrial
> livestock, which are force-fed grain and pumped with antibiotics.
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> "The strain that caused September's spinach outbreak, which killed three
> and sickened about 200, has been found in cattle feces near a California
> spinach field and in wild pigs that roamed through it.>>
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> Regardless of what specific food was contaminated by the e. coli, whether
> green onions or something else, we know that this virulent strain of e
> coli has only been found in livestock that are fed grain.
Not according to the article (unless someone is feeding grain to the wild
pigs).
> Returning to feeding livestock on pasture and hay is the solution.
Don't you think it might have more to do with the concentrated number of
anmals in a small area and the dosing with antibiotics? If you have 500
animals crowded into a pen the size of a football field, there will be
problems that just won't be the same if those same animals are in a 500
acre pasture, regardless of what they're eeating. Returning the cattle to
pasture feeding probably would solve the problem, but maybe not for the
reasons you think.
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Robert Kesterson
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