Only Praxis Alerts All Praxis. Only Praxis Alerts All Praxis. But it wasn't mad cow disease this time. The recent outbreak was the first of the disease since 1967, when Britain slaughtered 442,000 animals in 5 months. This time, the disease, first detected in 28 pigs at an Essex slaughterhouse, had by the end of last week spread to more than 30 farms and slaughterhouses all over the island.
Asian peril Instructed by the virus, the cell chews itself to death.
Mass vaccinations could have prevented the epidemic. And xenophobia ruled the day, as officials blamed every nation but their own. It raises questions about freer world trade. Perhaps it arrived in a sandwich. It was thrown away and an animal gobbled it up . . .