McKenna blasts American ranchers group
WASHINGTON - It's "hypocritical in the extreme" for a "very selfish" U.S. ranching group to keep blocking Canadian cattle when Americans now have a homegrown case of mad cow disease, Ambassador Frank McKenna said yesterday.      "The...

Government releases details of infected cow's last days
WASHINGTON - The Texas cow infected with mad cow disease was sold through a livestock market and taken to a slaughterhouse where it was dead on arrival, the Agriculture Department said Friday.      The cow wasn't unloaded or presented...

Federal Government Struggles to Ease Concern Over Mad Cow Disease Scares
US - Inside a UC Davis building once firebombed by animal-rights activists, Room 1271 is small and eerily normal, feeling less dramatic than you'd expect at a U.S. mad cow testing facility. Source: The Daily Review

U.S. years away from mad cow trace-back system
WASHINGTON - The government is years away from fielding a system to track down herdmates of cattle diagnosed with mad cow disease, making the United States "a food safety laggard" in the eyes of a consumer group. Source: Reuters

Federal Government Struggles to Ease Concern Over Mad Cow Disease Scares
US - Inside a UC Davis building once firebombed by animal-rights activists, Room 1271 is small and eerily normal, feeling less dramatic than you'd expect at a U.S. mad cow testing facility. Source: The Daily Review

U.S. years away from mad cow trace-back system
WASHINGTON - The government is years away from fielding a system to track down herdmates of cattle diagnosed with mad cow disease, making the United States "a food safety laggard" in the eyes of a consumer group. Source: Reuters

Further Analysis of confirmed BSE, Statement By Dr. John Clifford, USDA
US - "DNA test results have confirmed that we have identified the source herd of the animal determined last week to be positive for BSE. Based on information we have received from the owner, the cow was born and raised in a herd in Texas and was approximately...

Further Analysis of confirmed BSE, Statement By Dr. John Clifford, USDA
US - "DNA test results have confirmed that we have identified the source herd of the animal determined last week to be positive for BSE. Based on information we have received from the owner, the cow was born and raised in a herd in Texas and was approximately...

Second US BSE case prompts change in testing policy
US - The United States' second case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was confirmed last week after a series of additional tests were run on samples from a beef cow that had originally tested negative last November. Source: Cidrap

Second US BSE case prompts change in testing policy
US - The United States' second case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was confirmed last week after a series of additional tests were run on samples from a beef cow that had originally tested negative last November. Source: Cidrap

Beef market unaffected by BSE case
US - The markets - live cattle, cattle futures and beef - on Monday essentially ignored the Friday announcement that a U.S.-born cow had tested positive for mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy. While the markets fell at the opening...

USDA Still Tracing Positive BSE Case
US - Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said at a press conference Friday afternoon that while USDA is fairly certain of the herd from which the recently confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy was born, DNA testing is underway to make a...

Beef market unaffected by BSE case
US - The markets - live cattle, cattle futures and beef - on Monday essentially ignored the Friday announcement that a U.S.-born cow had tested positive for mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy. While the markets fell at the opening...

USDA Still Tracing Positive BSE Case
US - Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said at a press conference Friday afternoon that while USDA is fairly certain of the herd from which the recently confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy was born, DNA testing is underway to make a...

U.S. may have concealed BSE test results
US - In his Friday announcement of the confirmation of the second case of mad cow disease in the United States, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said an experimental test run along with the second standard test in late November showed "abnormalities"...

NFU Concerned By BSE Results
US - The National Farmers Union expressed concern regarding Friday's U.S. Department of Agriculture announcement that a cow has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), but said that the United States still has the highest quality...

US reveals second mad-cow case
US - The United States has confirmed its second case of mad cow disease after tissue samples from a suspect animal tested positive for BSE at a lab in England. USDA secretary Mike Johanns confirmed the positive test results but assured the public and...

U.S. may have concealed BSE test results
US - In his Friday announcement of the confirmation of the second case of mad cow disease in the United States, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said an experimental test run along with the second standard test in late November showed "abnormalities"...

NFU Concerned By BSE Results
US - The National Farmers Union expressed concern regarding Friday's U.S. Department of Agriculture announcement that a cow has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), but said that the United States still has the highest quality...

US reveals second mad-cow case
US - The United States has confirmed its second case of mad cow disease after tissue samples from a suspect animal tested positive for BSE at a lab in England. USDA secretary Mike Johanns confirmed the positive test results but assured the public and...