FOUNDERS:
Diane and Michael Fagen
Our
Mission and our Goals
The
Precautionary Principle
What
is a Reportable Disease
List
of Reportable Diseases
What
is Mycobacterium avium Paratuberculosis
La
Presse, April 8, 2001, Never in My Milk? by Marie France Coutu
The
Canadian Media
Canadian
Medical and Government
Canadian
Veterinary
CTV News Report, September 4th, 2001, Researchers
Link Cow's Milk to Crohn's Disease
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Does
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis cause Crohn's disease by Alan Kennedy
(PARA)
PARATUBERCULOSIS AWARENESS & RESEARCH ASS.,INC
International
Ass. for Paratuberculosis Copyright © 1999-2001
Crohn's
Disease Info Center by Dr. Ira Shafran
The
Johne's Information Center
History
of Early Research on Crohn's disease
Regional
Ileitis by Dr. B. Crohn
Got Milk? by Michael Greger, MD Updated January 2001
THE
CROHN'S CONNECTION by Lisa Chamberlain
Dire
Warnings About Johne’s
Disease A wake-up call for the dairy industry? January 1998, University
of Wisconsin, School of Veterinary Medicine
Dr.
Chiodini's Tables
American
and European Links
The idea for MAP-Canada was inspired by the commitment and dedication of its sister organization PARA (Paratuberculosis Awareness and Research Association Inc.) an American based organization. This grassroots movement has grown from the dedication and sheer willpower of two women with children with Crohn's disease, to address the alarming rise of the bacterium "Mycobacterium avium Paratuberculosis" in the environment and the growing evidence linking this bacterium to Crohn's disease.
MAP-Canada was founded to address the same issue, but on Canadian soil. One hundred thousand or more people in Canada, and over a million in the United States of toddler's, adolescents, teens, and adults are being cut down in their prime of life by this horrible disease. It is a disease that is rising in tragic proportions. Renowned Researchers all over the world have been working with little or no funding to try and find a solution for this devastating illness. They have finally found pursuasive evidence after decades have passed without any breakthroughs.
All we ask the Canadian Government is to test our milk at the retail level for Mycobacterium avium Paratuberculosis, to either eliminate this possible threat and put the minds of Canadians at rest or to provide the necessary funding to eradicate this bacterium from our food.
Considering that:
Canada is a net exporter of beef with a 1997 trade balance of 112,335 metric tonnes In the face of major flows into and out of the country, this relationship is maintained only via a continued access to international markets, especially the United States (page 9, A Discussion Paper, Protecting Canadian Export Markets of Livestock and Animal Products through Zoning, .August 2001, CAHNET, The Canadian Animal Health Network).
Within the dairy sector, export volumes are in the order of $128 million for live cattle, semen and embryos and 144,000 metric tonnes of dairy products The United States purchases 85% of Canada's beef exports and more than 99% of its live cattle exports.( page 10, A Discussion Paper, Protecting Canadian Export Markets of Livestock and Animal Products through Zoning, August 2001, CAHNET, The Canadian Animal Health Network)
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