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  • From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Snake Oil/Phosmet & BSE
  • Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:01:00 +0000

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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