- FMD here offers total corporate control over meat, if
normal animals are gotten rid of and GE-ones (which the USDA is developing)
are substituted, just as was done with avian flu and poultry in Asia. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=1333
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- Disease is worth a fortune these days.
- http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/PHARMACEUTICAL_
BUSINESS/laws_of_the_pharmaceutical_industry.htm
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- Here are a few quotes about it and some history. (They
are treating the flu in this same extreme over-kill way as well, making
billions on it, and in both cases, nutritional solutions are being put
out of reach.)
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- "FMD is not a fatal disease under normal classification
methods. It is akin to flu in humans... yes, people can die from it but
usually only the weak, elderly and undernourished. In other words those
people whose immune systems are low. Simplistically, the same applies to
FMD... those animals with very weak immune systems may die. Those with
weak immune systems will suffer the symptoms and then recover. Those with
strong immune systems will not even exhibit the symptoms. This being the
case the obvious LONG TERM answer to the problem is, build the immune system
of the animals. And this is done by practising goodhusbandry. This doesn't
mean we have to go back 50 or 100 years. No, it is about using what we
know of the old, and combining it with the new. For example, it is well
know in some circles that most agricultural soils have been depleted of
certain minerals and humus... both of which are necessary for healthy and
nutritious crops. There is a quick and economic answer to this. It involves
applying mineral-rich volcanic rock dust and organic carbon to the soils.
Two companies I know of in Australia are involved in this, there are probably
more in other counties: 1. International Mineral Consultants Pty Ltd: www.minplus.com.au/
2. Sustainable Agriculture & Food Enterprises Pty. Ltd. www.mineralfertiliser.com.au/
"---Trevor Osborne, NDA
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- "There are three aspects to the reaction of the
FMD epidemic that make me terribly uneasy. First, while it is clear that
globalisation of trade and increased movement of animals has spread the
disease, the UK government continues to support increased liberalisation
of agricultural trade in the World Trade Organisation. The half million
livestock being killed are a ritual sacrifice to the gods of global markets.
Shutting the countryside down while keeping borders open to trade will
not prevent spread of disease - either coming in through imports or going
out through exports. Second, the export obsession that is an intrinsic
part of globalisation also leads to a blindness to the welfare of animals
and farmers. Thousands of livestock can be annihilated, hundreds of farmers
ruined to maintain the "vaccine free" status of exports. Neither
the farmers nor farm animals count in the calculus of free trade. That
is why farmers are committing suicide in thousands in India, and animals
are being killed in thousands in the UK. Third, the same agencies that
refuse to act in the public interest on issues of food safety related to
GMOs are willing to cull farm animals infected by a non-fatal disease.
These are double standards. On the basis of the precautionary principle,
the UK government should ban GMOs instead of killing harmless animals if
it is concerned about safety of food and agriculture."---Dr Vandana
Shiva
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- "He wanted to know why Britain found it so hard
to suppress a disease which the Maasai had learnt to control generations
ago.....The selective culling of badly infected stock, moreover, is likely
to lead to an improvement in disease resistance, which many of our over-developed
new breeds are now woefully lacking. Any suffering caused by foot and mouth
would surely be offset by terminating the cruel and unnecessary live transport
of animals to other countries. .....The benefits of endemic foot and mouth,
by contrast, must surely be obvious. It would encourage farmers to develop
local markets for their produce, which is the only strategy which makes
both economic and environmental sense. It would reduce the number of lorries
on the roads. It would persuade breeders to phase out strains with poor
resistance to disease and inherent welfare problems, and return to hardier
types which don't require such intensive management."---George Monbiot
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- For more quotes, go to http://www.whale.to/m/fmd109.html
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- EC
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- On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Mike Callicrate <mike@nobull.net>
wrote:
- As you read the following, keep in mind that FMD will
soon be at the new bio lab in Manhattan, KS (the heart of cattle country)
rather than in a much safer place, on Plum Island. MC
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- Comprehensive Update of Miyazaki's Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak
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- May 28, 2010
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- by lonemountain
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- Miyazaki Prefecture in red (Click Image for Interactive
Map
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- We have been closely following the news out of Japan
the past few weeks since word got out of an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth
virus (FMD) in Miyazaki. We thought the following comprehensive update
and timeline of events would be helpful. (Note: the information in this
post was collated from the following articles: Click any of them to read
further: Mainichi Daily News, Japan Times, Mainichi Daily News (again),
Xinhua News, and The Daily Yomiuri.
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- Miyazaki Prefecture is on the eastern coast of the island
of Kyushu in southern Japan. The Wagyu bulls there are used to breed the
prefecture's prized Miyazaki beef, as well as about 15% of all other strains
of Wagyu beef Japan-wide.
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- It should be noted right off the bat, that this is a
concern for producers of beef only, not consumers. According to The Daily
Yomiuri, "Foot-and-mouth disease doesn't infect humans. Furthermore,
beef from infected cattle won't be on the market. Even if it's eaten by
mistake, it won't affect your health. Consumers shouldn't pay attention
to rumors [about infected beef]."
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- An export ban on all Japanese beef is now in place and
will likely remain for up to six months or more. According to this article,
Wagyu consumers are already looking to Australian and American Wagyu providers
to fill the production void.
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- Timeline of Events
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- On April 20th FMD is first detected in Miyazaki Prefecture.
This is the first instance of FMD in Japan since 740 animals were culled
in Miyazaki prefecture and on the northern island of Hokkaido in 2000.
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- Soon thereafter safety protocols are implemented
such as, the cordoning off of parts of the countryside, thorough disinfecting
of all agricultural vehicles, etc. FMD is a highly contagious virus, and
so trigger-quick reactions are required to curb the spread from becoming
an outbreak. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN has since
slammed the Japanese government for what it has deemed a slow response.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has since admitted as much as well.
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- By May 13th it is reported that 49 of Miyazaki's 55 stud
bulls are stricken with FMD and earmarked for slaughter. The six remaining
top stud bulls are immediately evacuated and quarantined.
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- To put this into perspective, the two top bulls on the
Australian Wagyu Forum website are progeny and sibling, respectively, of
one of those remaining quarantined bulls. And at the Wagyu Show that Lone
Mountain's Robert Estrin attended in Tottori a few years ago, the 2nd Prize
went to Fukunokuni, also one of the quarantined bulls. These are legend
stud bulls in the Wagyu community.
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- At this point the prefecture commenced vaccination of
all livestock within a 10-km radius of farms hit by the disease. The vaccination
will slow the spread to healthy animals. All of the roughly 200,000 animals
(all cloven-hoof livestock, not just cattle) will be killed after being
vaccinated.
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- On May 21st it is announced that the Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries Ministry of Japan will pay ¥59,000 to farmers for each
slaughtered cow as financial support. That is roughly $650 per slaughtered
cow.
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- Tadatsugu Kawagoe, the owner of prize bull Tadafuji.
(Mainichi)
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- On May 22nd it is reported that Tadafuji, the top stud
bull of the six left quarantined, has tested positive twice for FMD and
will be slaughtered. Normally the remaining five bulls would be slaughtered
as well since they were raised in the same cowshed as Tadafuji, but instead
the remaining five are on close watch for ten days in a last ditch attempt
at saving the Miyazaki legacy.
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- What's Next:
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- If the remaining five stud bulls are found to be infected,
needless to say they will be slaughtered. There are 150,000 straws of frozen
semen from these stud bulls in storage. The prefecture would run through
that stored supply within a year. If the remaining five are found to be
free of the virus, Miyazaki breeders will be able to extract enough semen
from these five to keep the supply up for the foreseeable future.
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- The Japanese government's Livestock Breeding Center has
about 10 stud bulls from a long line sired by Yasuhira, a legendary stud
bull in Miyazaki. It has been reported that the government may give these
10 stud bulls to Miyazaki if their remaining five are found to be infected.
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- Mike Callicrate
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