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Politics : Welcome to Slider's Dugout
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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (7509)1/7/2008 2:08:47 PM
From: Archie Meeties   of 50726
 
Although, to be accurate, cows are fed corn at concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO's) because it's still cheaper than grass. Using corn leads to the massive use of antibiotics because their digestive system is designed for grass, not corn. The acidity of the corn diet in feedlots creates an acidic environment leading to ulcers in the gi tract through which bacteria flow into the cow = uniform and high levels of antibiotics used in CAFO's. Cows fed what nature designed them to eat have about 300x less pathogenic e. coli. in their beef.

Russel, J.B., F. Diez-Gonzalez, and G. N. Jarvis, "Potential Effect of Cattle Diets on Transmission of Pathogenic Eschericia Coli to Humans" Microbes Infect 2, No.1 (2000) :45-53

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The buy maybe should be on prime rangeland as there is a trend to buy beef from cows that are eating grass. As an aside, cows are pretty bad converters of feed into protein, but my, nothing quite satisfies like a good steak from time to time.
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