30/11/2009 by admin.

It was good to talk to Lesley Defra today, she let me have the very encouraging figures that show that the cow bowel disease Johnes is on the run. The reports, shows that against a figure of 82% for the US of A. The UK herd prevelance is only 34.7%.

This is much lower than the 60% + expected, and it looks like the dairy uk are taking the issue seriously. Conference on thursday!

Lets get MAP out of food now, and let the reports sink in before question time on thursdaY?

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29/11/2009 by admin.

Just seen it live on Countryfile. The cow TB test. It has two parts, Avian (bird) and Bovine TB. If a cow is bovine + it is culled, the farmer gets compensation and the herd is quarantined.

If a cow is bird tb (Avian) positive, the daft sods put the cow back into the herd. Many of these cows go on to develop Johnes Disease, a fatal shitting wasting disease of cows, that since the first world war has has scientists speculating it has the same cause as human crohns disease.

Since the early 20th century, both crohns and johnes have increased in incidence, and I have joined the campain, to eliminate the Johnes Bug, Mycobacterium Avium Subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) from the environment.

My involvement goes back 13 years, but this week, thursday 3 December, there may be some good news. Dairy UK is going to get paratuberculosis out of cows at last, and food scientists are going to hear the latest facts about how many cow herds are infected with this bug, that appears to be spreading to humans through meat and dairy and perhaps salad vegetables?

Food Standards Draft Strategy Zhitz International Report 2001 on  Please note the proposed Uk MAP Survey! An historic web site?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan.procter/page4.html

Like mad cow disease, the johnes shitting cow disease survives pasteurisation and cooking, and is shed by cows long before they become obviously ill. Cows produce tremendous piles of infected manure, that are used by organic enthusiasts and spread the infection.

I am going to take some statistics for the scientists to see on thursday morning, I get 0745 train from Horsforth to London, first class, got graphs of the exponential rise in crohns disease hospital admissions, and a new policy document from the NACCERS, crohns and colitis charity.

They want crohns victims to have a Paratuberculosis test on diagnosis, but in common with all the experts, cannot say one way or the other if Crohnes and Johnes has the same cause!

Why not join the campaign and catch the Crohns Friendship Train from Horsforth at 0745 thursday morning, hear the facts at the meetings in London and help the experts take the issue seriously. Weather disruption unlikely, wind southwesterly light, showers possible 8 degrees C.

A human vaccine to fight human infection from the Johnes bug is being tested right now, but it could be 3 years before it gets tested through!

How may UK  Dairy herds are infected with the paratuberculosis bug MAP? Answer will be heard at ACMSF meeting, Food Standards Agency Aviation House on 3 December 2009?

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28/11/2009 by admin.

I went out this morning in the drizzle, sleet and mist and noticed some police and fire brigade units, with lots of yellow jackets. I went over and asked if there had been another murder, but no the emergency services are having a re-launch, and were promoting their new service promises.

They were parked near the doctors, I went into the police unit and there were stacks of leaflets. I was presented with a mouse mat that publicises www.beatcrime.info a reusable shopping bag. The Getwise website gives a birds eye view of reported crime in the area, and I looked on it and found none on my street, great news!

They were having a photo shoot, and I had one taken with two really friendly officers I had not seen before. There has been a reorganisation, and the Neighbourhood Policing Team here is now at based at Weetwood station as opposed to Otley, so because it is so much closer, maybe things will get better. I have read that abuse moves indoor at this time of year because violent people dont like the cold, and pick on their partners as opposed to those out on the streets.

The fire brigade were there as well, and also gave some good advice.

There seem to be a lot of police concerns about drug dealing here, the mixture of students, wealthy people and academics, who cannot function without artificial stimulation, have created a demand for cannabis factories etc, that the police find difficult to control.

In the area of the police display there is good cover for the dealers. Frequent short term visits to Tinshill doctors and Chemical Cohens, for the legal stuff. I asked the police if the dealers used tinted car windows etc, no they seem to be pretty clever.

I walk past every day and I never noticed the use of hired cars that the police cannot trace parked around here when drugs deals are done, it appears they come in different cars to avoid detection. I also wonder about private hire cars that park in the area with a passenger for no obvious reason.

Its good that the police are taking things serious at last and have reorganised, giving awareness of these kinds of problems. The BTPF meeting the other week was an education to me when we had the police cid attend, I had no idea about how sneak distraction thieves operate.

The efforts against organised crime are welcome, and my new NPT mouse mat is brilliant, police might update their website soon regarding reorganisation?

For a “Birds Eye” view of crime in your area  www.beatcrime.info

Why not “Dob a Dealer” its better than “Dealing a Dobber” www.dobberspasties.com

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27/11/2009 by admin.

Our recreation ground has been wrecked by the council, given away to overeas investors in High School. Promise of levelling and improved drainage, are only partly success. The pitches are part waterlogged, despite urgent remedial works by council, several homes and gardens have had flood problems. Our little bit of england could do with a village green and cricket ground, but would this pull in investment from the sand dunes?

Back in the bowels, I took plans for the latest milk defence conference to constituency office, and discovered that the crohns and colitis protection charity NACC, have published some recommendations, that I could take in my crusade against the paratuberculosis import, that threatens the livelyhood of english farmers?

Both my flu and bowels are on the run now, temperature below 100, and in terms of inconvenience, problems in last 6 years,

Bowel 10, Labrynthitis 9, Flu 8, Heart attack 6, Brain malfunction 4, christmas 2, medication 1.

Its great to get some help from those people who like doing it and this blog is building up to the big crohns event of the century!

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26/11/2009 by admin.

It had to happen, no vaccination for us vulnerables at Tinshill. 6am Wednesday awake shivering and shaking, staggered to kitchen, thermometer said 104. Paracetamol.

Shivers subsided, but too knackered to phone NHS direct. It had started tueday evening, but I went out and my temperatue was 99, but a couple of glasses of wine and it was fixed. Aches, nausea, also that comfortable feeling that if I was in pre - retirement days, I would be off work for a fortnight?

Then the realisation that I only had enough paracetamol for 2 days, and my secondary prevention medication was running out meant I had to recruit my daughter as a flu buddy. To send out for prescription. Wednesday was a no food, drink only day.

The 25th of November is “One Month to Christmas Day” my father died on that day 1975 , the same day as my graduation day. Just 20 years different.

Having experiencing a probable swine flu event, the weakness in the NHS advice seems to be that they do not recognise that the disabling effect of it on seeking treatment?

Today thursday, the nausea and shivers are wearing off, and avoided paracetamol, because my slightly elevated temperature at 101/102 is a body defence system, that should not be disabled with unnecessary medication?

Some coughs and sneezes started today, and research shows I should be able to resume shopping saturday, unless there are complications?

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24/11/2009 by admin.

This is a dreadful damage limitation exercise by the weak labour government, who have tried to keep their failures about the cow paratuberculosis epidemic quiet for  years.

My MP Greg Mulholland has been attempting to get a copy of the report, from the government published, and now it is to be I do feel a bit scared because its quite clear that the labour government knew about this dreadful pandemic in cows, and have been keeping it quiet , whilst the spread to us humans continues?

Why should the Dairy Uk Get the results before the consumers, to give us a chance to have our say in a balanced way?

Crohns victims need a right to reply, and effective representation?

We need retail milk tested now for contamination with paratuberculosis.

Yesterday two people in china were executed for milk contamination!

Maybe they should have been infected deliberately with patratuberculosis instead. Dont worry Crohns will not kill you quickly, and if you are a cow you have my sympathy it does hurt!

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24/11/2009 by admin.

The long expected Johnes survey results appear to have prompted Dairy UK to hold a conference on controlling it. It looks like thursday the 3 December might be a very exiting day for someone who has beencampaigning for this action for so many years.

From a crohns point of view it looks like the zhitz will hit the fan on 3/12 anyone who prefers UHT milk please stock up now before panic buying sets in!

I have kept the constituency office informed but this news tonight is so good!

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24/11/2009 by admin.

The long awaited deletion has taken place at last! It has taken about 2 months, but here I am with another clean sheet.

My remaining active websites are as follows,

Save Tinshill Recreation Ground www.tinshillrecreation.com

The Zhitz International Crohns England 2010 campain www.zhitz.com

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