Bovine spongiform encephalopathy from GF Pro??

[StanChampion]

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.

 

[jonny21]

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.

 

[CEDeoudes59]

the same issue was raised on the Liver Tabs - I believe the super freezing may kill any Mad Cow.. could be wrong though

 

[jonny21]

From what I remember, nothing kills/destroys the prions.

 

[uhockey]

From what I remember, nothing kills/destroys the prions.

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.

 

[StanChampion]

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:

 

[Pax]

Well... give it 10-20 years since that seems to be the latency period anyway... Come back then and let us know

 

[Yagman]

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.