Beef By-Products

 

How many of these are a part of your everyday life?

 

Here is a listing of drugs derived from cattle and what they are used for:

• Insulin- treatment of diabetes

• Heparin- used in treatment of allergies, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, and respiratory diseases

• Thyrotropin- stimulates the thyroid gland

• Parathyroid Hormone- used to treat parathyroid deficiencies

• Thrombin- promotes coagulation during surgery

• Glucagon- treats hypoglycaemia

• Sodium Levathyroxine- thyroid replacement therapy

• Trypsin & Chymotripsin- cleansing wounds and ulcers

• Deoxyribonuclease- acts against devitalized tissue in purulent (discharging pus) states

• Fibrinolysin- treatment of blood clots within the cardiovascular system

• Pancreatin- treatment of infants with celiac disease (gluten intolerance ) and related pancreatic deficiencies

• Thyroid- treats myxedema (metabolic disease caused by deficient action of the thyroid gland) in adults and cretinism (deformity and mental retardation caused by thyroid deficiency) in children

 

Some other important products that contain beef by-products:

• hydraulic brake fluid
• airplane lubricants and runway foam
• various machine oils and   viscous fluids
• steel ball bearings containing bone charcoal
• car polishes and waxes
• textiles for car upholstery
• ashphalt

 

I'll bet you know about some of these products

• Animal Feeds

• Cement Blocks

• Industrial Cleaners

• Lubricants

• Molds for Plastics

• Explosives

• Printing Ink

• Fertilizers

• High Gloss for magazines

• Whitener for paper