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<font size=3>At the request of a moderator I am transferring this
discussion to Avodah. <br><br>
At 09:47 AM 7/9/2008, Aryeh Stein wrote on Areivim:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">While, according to the Star-K,
every chicken in the United States<br>
must be glatt in order to be considered kosher, this does not hold<br>
true in Israel:<br><br>
>>>In Israel, the lungs of the chickens are checked due to the
prevalence of Newcastle Disease. Indeed, there are two types of
chicken that are sold in Israel Mehadrin and non-Mehadrin.
Mehadrin chickens, whose lungs are checked, are considered glatt while
the non-Mehadrin chickens would only be considered regular
non-glatt.>>><br><br>
(from the same URL posted above)<br><br>
Just wanted to clarify this....<br><br>
KT,<br>
Aryeh</blockquote><br>
I replied on Areivim,<br><br>
For information on what Newcastle Disease is, see
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/6enk2y" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/6enk2y</a> and
<a href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/oct99/front1099.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/oct99/front1099.htm<br><br>
</a>After thinking about this a bit, I then sent the following to
Areivim, which is now redirected to Avodah.<br><br>
At
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/6enk2y%A0" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/6enk2y </a> it says<br><br>
</font><font size=2><b>What are the symptoms?<br>
</b>The severity of the clinical signs is influenced by the strain of
virus and the age, condition and species of the bird. Clinical signs in
poultry range from a mild, almost inapparent respiratory disease to a
very severe depression, drop in egg production, increased respiration,
profuse diarrhea followed by collapse, or long-term nervous signs (such
as twisted necks) if the birds survive. Death rate can be up to 100 per
cent in severe forms of the disease. The incubation period is usually 5–6
days, but can vary from 2–15 days.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
These is absolutely no mention of the lungs of the bird on this web site.
My understanding is that saying an animal is Glatt kosher means that its
lungs where found to be entirely free of all adhesions. ("For
Ashkenazim, there is a tradition that a small, easily removable adhesion
is defined as a lower class of adhesion, known as <i>rir</i>, and that
the presence of up to two such small, easily removable adhesions still
qualifies the animal as glatt according to Ashkenazic
tradition."
<a href="http://www.kashrut.com/articles/glatt/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.kashrut.com/articles/glatt/</a> ) <br><br>
Thus, I fail to understand the statement on the Star-K web site,
"Mehadrin chickens, whose lungs are checked, are considered glatt
while the non-Mehadrin chickens would only be considered regular
non-glatt." Israeli chickens whose lungs were checked may be called
Mehadrin, but why call them Glatt? Is this yet another misuse of
the word Glatt? <br><br>
I admit up front that I know virtually nothing about the lungs of either
animals or fowl. <br><br>
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Yitzchok Levine</font></body>
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