What about the diet of the animals we consume

[plumbago]

Today I was at the farmers' market and a nice vendor asked me, after I inquired about the sausage's gluten free-ness, how sensitive I am. Generally, I'm not someone who uses this terminology. Little background - I once saw Alessio Fasano - just because if I was going to have to give up cupcakes and beer I wanted to hear it from an expert! - and after telling me that yes, I walked in "through the front door," he (or the dietician) told me that basically I should have no more than 1/8 of a teaspoon of flour (10 mg a day). Now, this may create a lot of consternation on this site, and I do try to have 0, and I think I manage it, but the vendor's question today sort of threw me for a loop. She said that if I am "very sensitive" then it's possible I can pick up on it ("it" being some amount of gluten, I assume she meant). Again, this is not language I use and to be honest, I'm not so sure how comfortable I am with it, for various reasons. But it is something that I hadn't thought about.

Most of my curious interest into celiac disease came, I admit, in the first 3-5 years after initial diagnosis, and beyond eating gluten-free, I really do not give celiac disease that much thought. I do work in healthcare, but as a chronic disease, it is just not that interesting to me! (For better or worse.)

So what do people think? If the animal ate wheat, is it possible that there is a significant amount of gluten in there? Please feel free to reference previous discussions on here that I missed.

Thanks!

[RMJ]

Here is an article in a peer-reviewed journal that shows that beef is gluten free even if the cow ate gluten.  Gluten would be digested into amino acids.

Gluten analysis in beef samples