Cat Food and Mad Cow Disease

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

From: frlpwr

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


Thanks for posting this.

Lauren
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Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

From: frlpwr

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


Thanks for posting this.

Lauren
________
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

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:57:35 GMT, frlpwr wrote:

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

Ouch! (

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:57:35 GMT, frlpwr wrote:

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

Ouch! (

From: Steven Cook

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:57:35 GMT, frlpwr wrote:

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

Ouch! (

Hey, don't feel bad, Steve. I had no idea myself that cats could get BSE.

Lauren
________
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

From: Steven Cook

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:57:35 GMT, frlpwr wrote:

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

Ouch! (

Hey, don't feel bad, Steve. I had no idea myself that cats could get BSE.

Lauren
________
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

PawsForThought wrote:

(snip)

Hey, don't feel bad, Steve. I had no idea myself that cats could get BSE.

Though I can't find a citation now, shortly after reports of feline
vulnerability to TSEs surfaced, there was speculation that mink flesh
was the culprit. Since AAFCO regulations define "meat by-products" as
the flesh of any mammal, there was/is the possibility of mink carcasses,
for which there is little commercial value other than fertilizer and
animal feed, ending up as low quality catfood. Mink are very
suspectifible to TSE, though the young age at which they are slaughtered
forestalls the appearance of symptoms in the mink, themselves.

PawsForThought wrote:

(snip)

Hey, don't feel bad, Steve. I had no idea myself that cats could get BSE.

Though I can't find a citation now, shortly after reports of feline
vulnerability to TSEs surfaced, there was speculation that mink flesh
was the culprit. Since AAFCO regulations define "meat by-products" as
the flesh of any mammal, there was/is the possibility of mink carcasses,
for which there is little commercial value other than fertilizer and
animal feed, ending up as low quality catfood. Mink are very
suspectifible to TSE, though the young age at which they are slaughtered
forestalls the appearance of symptoms in the mink, themselves.

frlpwr wrote:

PawsForThought wrote:

(snip)

Hey, don't feel bad, Steve. I had no idea myself that cats could get BSE.

Though I can't find a citation now, shortly after reports of feline
vulnerability to TSEs surfaced, there was speculation that mink flesh
was the culprit. Since AAFCO regulations define "meat by-products" as
the flesh of any mammal, there was/is the possibility of mink carcasses,
for which there is little commercial value other than fertilizer and
animal feed, ending up as low quality catfood. Mink are very
suspectifible to TSE, though the young age at which they are slaughtered
forestalls the appearance of symptoms in the mink, themselves.

So I wonder how one can avoid such foods, since all of the
credible commercial foods contain byproducts? The chicken etc.
still contains animal byproducts. I guess, then, that one just
assumes that the likelihood of any particular cat getting TSE is
extremely small, just as the chance of our getting it is small.
Still, it is not a comforting thought. It seems easier for me, as
a human, to avoid possibly contaminated foods than it is to
protect my feline friends.
--
Jean B.