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Bid3
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Member # 47299

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Had a thought today about cows, pigs, and chickens getting Lyme. How does this impact our food chain? Could Lyme be transmitted via foods or is cooking the meat killing the nasty buggers. For me, I like med-rare beef, so I wonder if that is hot enough to kill them.

Is there any articles or research on this?

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Lymetoo
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Member # 743

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You might try the archives here. I think it's been discussed.

Look for the little word "search" up there by the directory.

Moving to Medical Questions for more help.

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Keebler
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Beef needs to reach a certain temperature and any degree of "rare" might not do that. Find a good website that explains the temperature setting and how to use a meat thermometer.

This is more about mad cow disease / prions than it might be about borrelia or other tick borne infections. Prion disease is very serious, indeed, and rare meat can be connected to that if the meat is from an infected cow. And it can be very hard to know that, actually.

So reaching a proper temperature is vital, yet, prion disease is also not all that easy. Be sure you know exactly the conditions in which the cattle are raised that you later consume. Know the ranch(es) it comes from - and know the processing plants it passes through.
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