# Milk from BSE cattle: Is anyone looking into this?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 17, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-from-bse-cattle-is-anyone-looking-into-this/225008 "2004-01-17T22:42:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-from-bse-cattle-is-anyone-looking-into-this/225008/1 "2004-01-17T22:42:07Z")

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Noting that the BSE-positive cow found in the US was a dairy cow, it occurred to me that there should be someone looking into the effects (if any) of drinking milk from BSE-positive cattle, but I’m not finding any references. Is anyone out there researching this, or has it been dismissed as a non-threat? And if it’s been dismissed as a non-threat, on what grounds?

Tranq

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-from-bse-cattle-is-anyone-looking-into-this/225008/2 "2004-01-17T22:46:44Z")

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As far as is known today, the prions are only present in brain and spinal matter. So the milk should be safe.

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**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-from-bse-cattle-is-anyone-looking-into-this/225008/3 "2004-01-17T23:00:10Z")

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OK, that works. Thanks!