Sandhusker
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DiamondSCattleCo said:Oldtimer said:The USDA's independent study said that from their statistics on testing and number found--they thought there was 2-3 BSE cattle in the US....
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Maybe you care to answer Sandhuskers question that old Questionable refused to answer-- How can you prove that Canada would not send down infected cattle or beef with this OTM rule? :???:
That study was done years ago. Has anyone bothered to figure it out lately? And I find it odd that you disregard all things USDA, at least with respect to BSE, but cling stubbornly to that laughable 2-3 number...
As far as Sandhuskers question, it really makes no difference. We're both equal risk. So the US sends 10,000 critters north. Thats 10,000 of our own critters who will head south. Since the chances of having BSE in either group of those 10,000 are EXACTLY the same, it really doesn't make any difference. Actually, I'd say we're more likely to be importing BSE, since its mostly going to be boxed beef headed south and live cattle headed north, and we all know how good your non-existent testing/SRM protocols are....
How can the risk be exactly the same when we don't even have the same strain?