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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy from GF Pro??

StanChampion

StanChampion

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Mad cow from GF Pro. Is it possible? GF Pro is sprayed with some bovine plasma, but could that include the mis-shaped prion proteins???

I am serious. :) I use GF Pro and was just thinking about it.

This is probably been answered before, but I came up with nothing on a search.

thanks.
 
Definitely possible, but it would be Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in a human which I believe you probably know already. Those prions are tough little bastards.
 
the same issue was raised on the Liver Tabs - I believe the super freezing may kill any Mad Cow.. could be wrong though
 
From what I remember, nothing kills/destroys the prions.
 
jonny21 said:
From what I remember, nothing kills/destroys the prions.
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They aren't even completely denatured by autoclaving, 2 year burial, or superfreezing. Literally burning them until they are completely incinerated is the only method we've discovered yet.

Regarding the disease from GF-pro.....seems pretty unlikely.
 
Thanks for the responses. It sounds like those lil prions are really tough bastards.
I doubt I or anyone would ever get vCJD from GF, but was just pondering. :) :burger:
 
Well... give it 10-20 years since that seems to be the latency period anyway... Come back then and let us know ;)
 
It isn't found in the blood or liver. It's found in the neurological system of the cow. There's little risk unless you eat neurological tissue.
 
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