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Mozzarella made from water buffalo is one of Italy's most important exports. Now that product is threatened. There has been an outbreak of Brucellosis, which is a bacterial disease affecting livestock. It leads to infertility, abortion and reduced milk production. It is estimated that up to 30% of the herd in the Naples area have been infected.Though the Italian government has set up a commission to try to stop the spread of the disease, they are planning to begin slaughtering 32,000 infected water buffalo in the next two months. Apparently the problem has gotten bad in large part because the local mafia prevented the early cases from coming to light. Now the government is sending in armed police along with government veterinarians to get rid of the infected livestock.
This is a crisis for the farmers and makers of mozzarella di bufala. They are responsible for one of Italy's biggest exports, but they're about to lose a sizable portion of the water buffalo herds. Also, the disease may be transmitted to humans, so there may be some kind of scare. The cheese is actually safe to eat if the milk used to make it is pasteurized. Just look for pasteurized mozzarella di bufala and you will be fine.
[Via ColdMud.com]
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1-18-2008 @11:20AM cabrown said... I have to wonder if this has anything relation to the Naples area trash problem that is occurring, also a purported Mafia problem.
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1-18-2008 @11:42AM Lewis said... I believe the strike is ongoing.
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1-18-2008 @12:14PM Richard Ahlquist said... I didn't realize Italy had legalized abortions for water buffalo! How could PETA stand for it?!
I think the term you are looking for is miscarriage... At least here in the United States, perhaps across the pond in the UK where the story ran originally it has a more correct aspect. Of course that portion of the description is exactly the same as the BBC article so its really not your fault its the information you quoted. You did put quotes... errr nevrmind...
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1-18-2008 @11:39PM Adriane said... What the heck are they going to do with 32 thousand slaughtered/infected cows? yick.
Ps- Careful about the pictures you post; that one featured is actually from a buffalo moz. farm in Woodstock, Vermont!
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1-22-2008 @11:24AM David J Rodriguez said... Visiting Argentina, I haven't been able to locate any raw-milk cheeses as Brucellosis seems to be a general 6 prevalent threat. Sure, i can deal with pasteurized mozzarella...but what a sad state of affairs, what a shame that it had to go this far...
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