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Cat Food and Mad Cow Disease
Soooooooo, do any of you wonder about the beef byproducts that
might be in cat food? I was initially thinking that not feeding cans of beef would do the trick, but where else might this mystery meat lurk? -- Jean B. |
Jean B. wrote in on 26 Dec 2003:
Soooooooo, do any of you wonder about the beef byproducts that might be in cat food? I was initially thinking that not feeding cans of beef would do the trick, but where else might this mystery meat lurk? I only feed mine with poultry. We did have a nice prime rib for Christmas dinner (us humans) so I guess we have to wait and see. -- Cheryl "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do." - Helen Keller |
Jean B. wrote in on 26 Dec 2003:
Soooooooo, do any of you wonder about the beef byproducts that might be in cat food? I was initially thinking that not feeding cans of beef would do the trick, but where else might this mystery meat lurk? I only feed mine with poultry. We did have a nice prime rib for Christmas dinner (us humans) so I guess we have to wait and see. -- Cheryl "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do." - Helen Keller |
Soooooooo, do any of you wonder about the beef byproducts that
might be in cat food? I was initially thinking that not feeding cans of beef would do the trick, but where else might this mystery meat lurk? -- Jean B. No, I really don't wonder about it much. I think your cats have a better chance of being struck by lightning than dying from mad cow disease. Sherry |
Soooooooo, do any of you wonder about the beef byproducts that
might be in cat food? I was initially thinking that not feeding cans of beef would do the trick, but where else might this mystery meat lurk? -- Jean B. No, I really don't wonder about it much. I think your cats have a better chance of being struck by lightning than dying from mad cow disease. Sherry |
From: itty (Sherry )
Soooooooo, do any of you wonder about the beef byproducts that might be in cat food? I was initially thinking that not feeding cans of beef would do the trick, but where else might this mystery meat lurk? -- Jean B. No, I really don't wonder about it much. I think your cats have a better chance of being struck by lightning than dying from mad cow disease. Sherry Can cats even get mad cow disease? ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
Can cats even get mad cow disease? ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm Dunno, but technically we can't either, but we can get vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease) I can't recall if they ever established a direct link between eating BSE and contracting vCJD. The danger area is the brain and spinal cord, as it is believed the BSE prion can be transmitted by ingesting cuts of meat contaminated with this material. If cat food manufacturers use this material in their feed and if there is a similar brain wasting disease in cats then I'd be very wary, but I can't recall any scare connected to pet food and BSE here in the UK. Maybe someone else has a better memory than me can add to this... Hey I wonder if my short term memory loss is related to vCJD.... ;o) |
Can cats even get mad cow disease? ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm Dunno, but technically we can't either, but we can get vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease) I can't recall if they ever established a direct link between eating BSE and contracting vCJD. The danger area is the brain and spinal cord, as it is believed the BSE prion can be transmitted by ingesting cuts of meat contaminated with this material. If cat food manufacturers use this material in their feed and if there is a similar brain wasting disease in cats then I'd be very wary, but I can't recall any scare connected to pet food and BSE here in the UK. Maybe someone else has a better memory than me can add to this... Hey I wonder if my short term memory loss is related to vCJD.... ;o) |
Steven Cook wrote:
(snip) If cat food manufacturers use this material in their feed and if there is a similar brain wasting disease in cats then I'd be very wary, but I can't recall any scare connected to pet food and BSE here in the UK. http://www.neurocenter-bern.ch/tse_e.shtml#box2 |
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