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From: Rod on 9 Sep 2008 05:58 The first reports of using animal thryoid specified sheep. There are several bovine thyroid products on the market (usually, it appears, the ones with the thyroid hormone removed). Several other animals could provide thyroids (e.g. goats). So why are all the desiccated thyroid products based on pigs? Is it as simple as the Armour corp. having an abundance way back when? I get the feeling that if this were the only reason, Australia and New Zealand might have switched to sheep. -- Rod Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious onset. Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. <www.thyromind.info> <www.thyroiduk.org> <www.altsupportthyroid.org>
From: Dee on 9 Sep 2008 07:51 Rod, does it have something to do with pigs not being known for diseases such as 'mad cow'? Of course, it wouldn't be 'mad cow'... if they did get it, though. "Rod" <polygonum(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:6imvlbFrg9iuU1(a)mid.individual.net... > The first reports of using animal thryoid specified sheep. > > There are several bovine thyroid products on the market (usually, it > appears, the ones with the thyroid hormone removed). > > Several other animals could provide thyroids (e.g. goats). > > So why are all the desiccated thyroid products based on pigs? > > Is it as simple as the Armour corp. having an abundance way back when? I > get the feeling that if this were the only reason, Australia and New > Zealand might have switched to sheep. > > -- > Rod > > Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious > onset. > Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. > <www.thyromind.info> <www.thyroiduk.org> <www.altsupportthyroid.org>
From: Rod on 9 Sep 2008 08:15 Dee wrote: > Rod, does it have something to do with pigs not being known for diseases > such as 'mad cow'? Of course, it wouldn't be 'mad cow'... if they did get > it, though. > <snip> Nowadays, I'd agree that was a possibility. But back at the start of the 20th century? -- Rod Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious onset. Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. <www.thyromind.info> <www.thyroiduk.org> <www.altsupportthyroid.org>
From: Herman Family on 10 Sep 2008 01:04 "Rod" <polygonum(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:6imvlbFrg9iuU1(a)mid.individual.net... > The first reports of using animal thryoid specified sheep. > > There are several bovine thyroid products on the market > (usually, it appears, the ones with the thyroid hormone > removed). > > Several other animals could provide thyroids (e.g. goats). > > So why are all the desiccated thyroid products based on > pigs? > > Is it as simple as the Armour corp. having an abundance > way back when? I get the feeling that if this were the > only reason, Australia and New Zealand might have switched > to sheep. > > -- > Rod > > Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with > an insidious onset. > Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. > <www.thyromind.info> <www.thyroiduk.org> > <www.altsupportthyroid.org> It could be that the pig physiology is more in line with human physiology than are sheep. Michael
From: Elizabeth on 10 Sep 2008 10:39 This would be a question for the vet student, Angela, but evidently she switched to Armour and doesn't post here any more! (I felt compelled to mention that for some reason.) Elizabeth "Herman Family" <the_sawdust_place_no_underscore(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message news:UzIxk.3805$005.3596(a)fe127.usenetserver.com... > > "Rod" <polygonum(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message > news:6imvlbFrg9iuU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> The first reports of using animal thryoid specified sheep. >> >> There are several bovine thyroid products on the market (usually, it >> appears, the ones with the thyroid hormone removed). >> >> Several other animals could provide thyroids (e.g. goats). >> >> So why are all the desiccated thyroid products based on pigs? >> >> Is it as simple as the Armour corp. having an abundance way back when? I >> get the feeling that if this were the only reason, Australia and New >> Zealand might have switched to sheep. >> >> -- >> Rod >> >> Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious >> onset. >> Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. >> <www.thyromind.info> <www.thyroiduk.org> <www.altsupportthyroid.org> > > It could be that the pig physiology is more in line with human physiology > than are sheep. > > Michael >
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