I wondered when we were gong to start seeing reports like these.
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=12727
As far as I can find out, bio-diesel will be the only way to really help at all. And it ain’t great.
Another thought on all this.
| Distiller’s Grains Promote Growth of Deadly E. coli |  |
| Wednesday, 13 February 2008 | |
| Researchers at Kansas State have determined by looking at beef carcasses that cattle fed distillers’ grains (ethanol byproduct) have twice as much E. coli 0157 compared to cattle fed regular feedlot rations. E. coli 0157 is a new acid-resistant form of E. coli that is particularly deadly to humans because human stomach acid does not kill it. This form of E. coli has developed due to the grain feeding of ruminants which turns the rumen fluids acid. It is seldom found in animals that are finished solely on grass. With grassfed animals the rumen stays near neutral in pH and consequently does not promote the acid resistant form of E. coli. |
Dennisranch 