Mad Cow Spurs Rush to Bison Meat

DENVER
(Reuters) – The first case of mad cow disease in the United States may
encourage carnivores to consider putting meat from bison, the largest
land mammals in North America and beloved symbols of the West, on their
dinner tables, meat industry officials said.

The commercial bison meat industry, which dates to the mid-1980s, has been
through ups and downs but last year started to see a rebound due to
increased interest in high-protein diets.

Bison are fed grass then corn or potatoes for 90 to 120 days before they
are slaughtered when they weigh around 2,000 pounds. They are not fed antibiotics,
growth hormones or animal byproducts. The use of cattle remains in certain
animal feed was blamed for spreading mad cow in Britain.

from Reuters