well, here is a brief intro about madcow from Wikipedia. Forgot the cbc (- www.cbc.ca) or ctv (- www.ctv.ca) link, that was really brainstorming. Anyway, the main theme is that in the industrialized countries, they basically feed the remains and carcasses of some animals to other animals. Nature must have a strong cause why these animals were not cannibals by birth but the scientists and corporations are messing up the natural order. Even though all the effects are not visible right now, it does not guarentee that there are no other effects that affect the human consumers. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_cow_disease But, again, its a personal choice. Keep rolling...