<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/17/AR2006041700179.html">Japan awaits <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> test result on 20-month-old steer</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japan is conducting tests on a 20-month-old steer suspected of having mad cow disease, a top government official said on Monday, and the case could have wide repercussions on Tokyo's beef trade policy if confirmed.</blockquote><br />n<br />nSo, is there something to this or is it just another ploy to keep US beef out of Japan? If this were confirmed it would throw out the door quite a few assumptions about <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym>. At this point it is just wait and see how further testing goes.<br />n<br />n<b>Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen. Horace Mann</b>