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It would be very interesting to know the possible limiting role of
pure vegetarian diet and Non-beef non-vegetarians as in some religious
customs, in the disease spectrum of the human form of bovine spongiform
encephalopathy, known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD).
This might be a possble exemption from the FDA's ban and might give a
scope of avalibility of blood in the emergencies.
Competing interests:
No competing interests
03 September 1999
Srini M Rao
Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellow
Le Bonheur Children''''s Medical center TN 38105 U.S.A
How does the FDA''s ban justify in pure vegetarians and non-beef N.Vs?
It would be very interesting to know the possible limiting role of
pure vegetarian diet and Non-beef non-vegetarians as in some religious
customs, in the disease spectrum of the human form of bovine spongiform
encephalopathy, known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD).
This might be a possble exemption from the FDA's ban and might give a
scope of avalibility of blood in the emergencies.
Competing interests: No competing interests