Sandhusker
Well-known member
Q, "Prove how many positives will be sent down to the US when the border reopens. the problem here is you have to find a positive before you can say there are more. "
The USDA estimated 19, I think. But then again, they're the ones who say your ban was effective in 1999, too, so you need to take a fat pinch of salt with any of their numbers.
We don't need to find any more down here to prove you have BSE in your herd. 10 have already been found - therefore, it's been proved 10 times. For you to say Dorgan and R-CALF are wrong, you have to prove that either you won't be sending any more down, or that we will certainly catch them down here. Can you do that?
The USDA estimated 19, I think. But then again, they're the ones who say your ban was effective in 1999, too, so you need to take a fat pinch of salt with any of their numbers.
We don't need to find any more down here to prove you have BSE in your herd. 10 have already been found - therefore, it's been proved 10 times. For you to say Dorgan and R-CALF are wrong, you have to prove that either you won't be sending any more down, or that we will certainly catch them down here. Can you do that?