Mystery

<a href="http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2006/06/11/ap2807633.html">U.S. Mad Cow Cases Are Mysterious Strain</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Two cases of mad cow disease in Texas and Alabama seem to have resulted from a mysterious strain that could appear spontaneously in cattle, researchers say.<br />n<br />nGovernment officials are trying to play down differences between the two U.S. cases and the mad cow epidemic that has led to the slaughter of thousands of cattle in Britain since the 1980s.<br />n<br />nIt is precisely these differences that are complicating efforts to understand the brain-wasting disorder, known medically as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> for short.<br />n<br />n"It's most important right now, till the science tells us otherwise, that we treat this as <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> regardless," the Agriculture Department's chief veterinarian, John Clifford, said in an interview. </blockquote><br />n<br />nSo, maybe we have a "mysterious strain" of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> in the US that needs looked into. Let me quote something from one of the smartest people I personally know.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Since the whole <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> thing blew up in the US I have privately speculated that there is a form of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> that is naturally occurring in cattle and it will eventually be picked up with the increased testing methods. I mean really it's only logical. There is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease which occurs naturally in humans and is very rare and can be distinguished from Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease which is caused by <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym>. <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> is a disease cattle got from sheep originally and have passed to humans but might there not be a naturally occurring version, that is extremely rare and strikes cattle only just like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease? To me the logic is there.<br />n<br />nI am not saying the natural occurring kind and artificial kind of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> should be treated any differently but it wouldn't surprise me if the increased testing standards would turn it up some day. I think it's there and will need dealt with.</blockquote><br />n<br />nWho said this? <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/1033-Speculation.html">I did</a> almost a year ago on June 18, 2005. I said it all there so I really don't need to elaborate.<br />n<br />nI believe there is a naturally occurring strain of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> and it needs dealt with along with the artificial kind. It will be interesting to see where this goes and what is learned from it.<br />n<br />n<b>It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project. Donnie Wahlberg</b>