[NAFEX] Snake Oil/Phosmet & BSE

tanis cuff tanistanis at hotmail.com
Sat Jun 11 13:01:00 EDT 2005


I vaguely recall that besides the pesticide poisoning, the bovines in Q also 
suffered a deficiency in their diet.  Copper, for example?  Wish I knew 
where to start looking for the story I remember.


----Original Message Follows----
From: Heron Breen <>
To: nafex@
Subject: [NAFEX] Snake Oil
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:11:49 -0500

Regarding Phosmet (Imidan), apparently some years back in England there was 
an
outbreak of, I believe, Bot-fly, obviously imported, severely infesting the 
skin of
cows (and maybe other livestock, but the article I read was based on a cow 
study).
Authorization was given to spray a Phosmet product directly onto the cows. 
Years
later, ....





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