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[Tyson]

cht at gate <cht at gate.net> wrote in message
news:NDBBJGFBOPPCNPENEODGEEFJCAAA.cht at gate.net...
| it seems more prevalant in England than in other countries also consuming
| hormone treated and animal parts. What is it about England that is
| different.  I heard rumor it had to do with the Brits sex life. Could this
| be the vector from animals to mankind?


.....a few reasons why scrapie/BSE (ie thought to be caused by  PrP(s) ) is
prevalent in England & Western Europe:

1) it is endemic to Britain......originated in Spain in 19th c. & spread to
England & other parts of Western Europe

2) import controls & slaughtering programmes have virtually eliminated
outbreaks in the rest of the world (eg. N America, Australasia etc..)

3) some breeds of sheep/cattle are more  resistant than others...different
countries=different breeds

4) infected feed spreads the infectious agent(s)

.....as for the Englishman's sex life....what sex life?!