Category: BSE
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Case Number Eight
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/health/national/2006/08/23/mad-cow060-823.html" title="Case Number Eight">Canada reports new case of mad cow disease</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed on Wednesday a new case of mad cow disease in Alberta.<br />n<br />nIt is Canada's fifth case in 2006 and the eighth since 2003, when the disease was first found in this country, officials said.</blockquote><br />n<br…
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USDA Pulls Plan
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/28/news/state/33-import.txt">Cattle groups pleased with halt of import plan</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Officials with leading cattle industry groups in the state said they were pleased with the federal government's plan to halt, for now, an effort to expand cattle and beef trade with Canada because of mad cow disease. A leader of one of those groups, however,…
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At it Again
Well R-calf is at it again.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/News%20Releases/071306-canada's.htm">Canada’s Latest <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> Case in Youngest Animal Yet; <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> Must Rescind Final Rule</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Today the Canadian government confirmed its fourth positive case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (<acronym title="Bovine Spongiform…
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Canadian BSE and US Trade
<a href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/06072006/6/n-canada-canada-cows-complicate-seoul-beef-trade-source.html">Canada cows complicate US, Seoul beef trade: source</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea has told the Bush administration it will not resume beef trade until U.S. slaughterhouses segregate Canadian beef products, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.<br />n<br />nSouth Korea closed its borders to U.S. beef in December 2003 after the first U.S.…
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Canadian BSE
I have not commented on the latest <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/05/news/state/65-mad-cow.txt">cow with <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> in Canada</a> because testing caught it and it was an older cow born before the 1997 feed ban. In a way the whole <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> thing has become a non issue to the public and with other things going…
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Mystery
<a href="http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2006/06/11/ap2807633.html">U.S. Mad Cow Cases Are Mysterious Strain</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Two cases of mad cow disease in Texas and Alabama seem to have resulted from a mysterious strain that could appear spontaneously in cattle, researchers say.<br />n<br />nGovernment officials are trying to play down differences between the two U.S. cases and the mad cow epidemic that…
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BSE Estimate for US
<a href="http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2006/04/0143.xml"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> RELEASES <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> PREVALENCE ESTIMATE FOR U.S.</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>'s estimate of the prevalence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy…
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Good News
<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=AD9F076C-0DCF-162A-79F8572C98CC4BE3">Japanese steer suspected of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> tests negative</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Tests of a 20-month-old Japanese steer for bovine spongiform encephalopathy have come back negative. The steer was slaughtered last week and initially tested positive for <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym>, but according to wire reports, further tests showed that the young Holstein did not…
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Interesting Development
<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…
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It Was Expected
<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=24356">S Korea Still Has Concerns About Mad Cow In US</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea still has outstanding concerns about the latest case of mad-cow disease found in the U.S. and that may be delaying the process to resume beef trade, U.S. industry and government officials said Monday.<br />n<br />nSouth Korea is concerned about the age…