Mad Cows and Milk Gate [Paperback]

Virgil M. Hulse (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0965437701 | ISBN-13: 978-0965437707 | Publication Date: September 1, 1996

It is only common sense to recognize that when we consume a fluid that has been emitted from an animal, or the actual flesh itself, we are at risk for whatever ailed the animal. The implications of this suggestion are so enormous. The dairy and meat industries have clung to the idea that it has not been proven that the species barrier could be crossed may be a fatal conclusion.

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"Dr. Hulse has enjoyed a career which combines his interest and knowledge in public health, expecially in the safety of our milk processing as well as the epidemiology of cancer. He heightens our awareness about a subject of which most of us have had little knowledge." -- Bruce E. Johnson h,I.D., Family Practice

"It's enough to make you sick. Dr. Virgil Hulse, Food scientist, physician and concerned parent presents shocking information about the health hazards in our dairy and beef supply. While England has condemned millions of cattle due to Mad Cow Disease, the US still allows feeding and inspecting practices which are wholly inadequate and down right unhealthy. A government guarantee is no guarantee of the fitness of our food supply. There is over overwhelming evidence that an epidemic of diseases are lying in wait behind the plastic wrap and dairy cartons of our food stores." -- Edward A. Helman M.D., FAAFP, Family Practice

"This is a bomb we need, calculated to save, not destroy life. It should be a must for all nutrition and dietetics as well as Medical students." -- Marjorie V. Baldwin, M.D., Editor Journal of Health and Healing

The bookMad Cows and Milk Gate (Marble Mountain Publishing) written by Dr Hulse, a former dairy Inspector and board certified in Family practice and Public Health expresses concern over the rampant diseases in dairy cows, the ways they are treated and the problems those treatments cause. It details proof that we have the Mad Cow Disease in this country. The book main focus is the practice of feeding often diseased sheep, chickens, and other cows blood to cows, and the viruses that are thus spread from species to species. The picture painted is not a pretty one, but it is one we must study if we are to make informed choices when choosing what we eat. With the U.S. Government assuring us that beef and dairy are safe, we are fortunate to have a insider's view of what is really going on in the cattle industry. Dr Hulse is an expert medical witness on the Mad Cow Disease and is presently defending those that have been sued by the beef industry. Dr Hulse states that we are unable to sell our cows to Europe because 80 % of the cows in the US have the Bovine leukemia virus which causes cancer in every organ of the cow and is spread to other animals by the milk. Dr Hulse also has concern that it may be causing cancer in humans. He states that cows are infected with a bacteria that is in the milk and beef and that it is the same bacteria that is found in Crohn's disease in children and adults and is not killed by current pasteurization temperatures. Dr Hulse has a great fear of mutant prions invading this country given our insane practices of bovine cannibalism. The books shocking information about the health hazards in our dairy and beef supply is enough to make you sick. . There is overwhelming evidence that an epidemic of diseases are lying in wait behind the plastic wrap and dairy cartons of our food stores. Dr Hulse hopes that the developers of public policy will show courage in placing the health of the American people above the economics of big industry. -- Book Description

About the Author

Dr. Hulse was a Dairy Scientist, a Cancer Epidemiologist and a Reasercher. He was a Milk and Dairy Inspector for 13 years in the State of California. He is Board Certified in Family practice in Public Health and Preventive Medicine. He was a fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine. He has lectured for Medical Societies, and dairy organizations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: Marble Mountain Publishing (September 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965437701
• ISBN-13: 978-0965437707
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,238,020 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You are what you eat..., October 21, 2000

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Tony W. (Augusta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mad Cows and Milk Gate (Paperback)

Let me first say that I am not one of Dr. Hulse's peers and I had much difficulty plowing through his heavy medical terms and Latin words usage, however, I was able to grasp the argument that he put forward. Also, I want to be sure that you have the correct picture of Dr. Hulse in mind before going further. He is not an environmental wacko, in fact, I would say that he is fond of meat, milk and eggs. He is against what America's food industries have become and the result it had on our food chain. He tells us why America's meat, milk and eggs are no longer safe for human consumption, when that happened, what needs to be done to correct the problem, and why nothing seems to be getting done. Essentially, the problems are a result of feeding meat protein and manure, which is converted into feed pellets, to cattle, hogs and chickens. The dead animals include cattle, hogs and chickens that died from disease and therefore cannot be fed to humans. The rendering process for turning a cow carcass into food pellets for other cows to eat does not kill all the pathogens and the disease is then passed on to the next herd of cows. Cows with leukemia, cancer and other illnesses are milked until their milk production decreases to far, which then the cow is culled from the herd and rendered into feed for other cows. Pasteurization techniques that used to kill the virus and bacterium in milk have changed and now allow some of the pathogens into the food chain. Farmers are routinely using antibiotics as a preventive measure to get the most from their herds. These are the same antibiotics that people need. Overuse of the antibiotics is creating strains of bacteria that are not affected by the antibiotic. When a person is sick from one of these new strains their doctors will not have an antibiotic solution to cure them. Those antibiotics also make it to the dinner table in milk. Another drug that makes it to your table is the growth hormones given to cattle either to make them produce more milk or to make them leaner. A leaner cow will bring the farmer more money at slaughter than a fat cow. Our chicken industry has its share of problems too. Feeding dead chickens and chicken manure to chickens is causing salmonella to spread throughout the entire flock.

Dr. Hulse goes on to expose the drug industry's efforts to keep hormones and antibiotics in farming, how the American food industries are influencing congress and are trying to force their tainted products on other countries who don't want to eat our stuff. They have laws changed in their favor that block free speech against their product and have definitions of words like "organic" changed so organic food could include their tainted products. They influence the FDA and USDA to reduce food inspection quality at every turn. Dr. Hulse claims that the cost to the consumer through his or her own medical bills and reduced quality of life far exceeds the cost to the food industry if it were to clean up its act. Yet, the American people know little about what they eat and congress will not act until an epidemic sweeps across the nation. This was a hard book to read but well worth the effort. It gets five stars from me because Dr. Hulse's changed the way I think when I make decisions about what food I am about to eat. Also, I like to say that the meat and milk industry are apparently still owned and operated by the same people that Upton Sinclair exposed in his book, "The Jungle."

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Disastrous food chain, October 25, 2000

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This review is from: Mad Cows and Milk Gate (Paperback)

Amazon.com is the only place where I could find "Mad Cows and Milk Gate" a year after the trials. At the time that Texas cattlemen, led by billionaire Paul Engler, owner of Cactus Feeders, Inc., filed suit against Lyman, Oprah, Harpo Productions last year, you could find this very informative book "Mad Cows and Milk Gate" written by Dr Hulse in all the major bookstores. Dr. Hulce, a former dairy inspector, reminds us about this inhumane injustice to our planet's herbivores. He informs us of the potential diseases laid out before our human race in our near future. Will an outbreak like Britain's have to open us to the truth--when it maybe too late. According to Dr. Hulce, our pets are also at risk because their food is also being tampered. Remember the movie "Soylent Green" staring Charlton Heston in 1973? New York City and planet Earth in the future is overpopulated. The human feed is Soylent Green, a soybean and lentil mixture with human bodies thrown in. Like the humans in the movie, the cattle don't know what they are eating. The book " Mad Cows and Milk Gate" is about America's cattle eating ground up sheep, (with a history of Scrapie a mad sheep disease for the last 40 years in the United States). Ground up cattle bones, cow's blood, dogs, cats, chicken, pigs, chicken and turkey feathers, and road kill are mixed in with their feed. These ingredients are unknown to farmers who just want their cows to produce more milk and to create "Super Cows." This process creates larger milk yields and super herds of cattle for America's super table. Bovine Leukemia, cancer, Crohn's disease and so many other diseases are the result of this mad feeding. Dr. Hulse took extreme care in the writing of this very informative book because it is his duty to expose how man's feeding practices make God's creatures unclean.

9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An important and well documented book:, November 5, 2002

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Theresa Anderson "therandey" (Salyer, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mad Cows and Milk Gate (Paperback)

What are we doing in this hand basket and where are we going?
That is what comes to mind after reading a book such as this.
We cannot afford to keep our heads in the sand.
Read this book and make the choices that need to be made. An excellent book. The author has integrity and compassion.
Uh oh..I noticed I only gave it one star..oops..it should have five...