On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 02:35:25 -0800, Ingrid Bauer/Jean-Claude Catry
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>You can  even go farther  in your generous intention and save all the
brains
>of those animals ( that most likelly get  thrown away ?) and send it to
>starving peoples thru the world ,  victims of grain raising mania .
>>
>> Merci Beaucoup
>
>de rien c'est gratuit ;-)
>jean-claude

Hello Jean-Claude,

long time no see.
I hope you are fine and enjoying your beautiful Canadian Island.

..
I'm afraid that sending around animal brains wouldn't be gratuit
anymore in this times.
Animal brain is the target of a BSE (mad cow) infection, where it shows up
after some 24 months with it's horrible effects.
(Before that, in the beginning of the infection, the *guts* of the animals
display signs of the infection, as has been found out lately).

Brain is the most infectious material. If you inject brain of a
diseased cow into the bloodstream of annother cow, it *will* develop BSE.
Even cats and mice get BSE in this way, but I'm not sure
if the probability is 100% as in cattle.

These are victims of factory animal raising mania.

regards

Amadeus