Changes Aim at Better Mad Cow Testing
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As the government awaits definitive results in a possible second case of mad cow disease, federal officials are charting new ground in dealing with a jittery public.
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Scientists say they might be able to slow progress of "mad cow disease" by genetically revamping the brain.
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Description: The government says a preliminary test suggests that another animal in the US could have mad cow disease. The US Department of Agriculture called the test result inconclusive, and has sent a sample from the animal for confirmatory testing.
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The USDA tests for another potential case of mad cow disease, and the fact we all know about it infuriates some local ranchers. âInconclusiveâ reports of another case of mad cow disease is driving the
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UNITED STATES WASHINGTON -- One day after the US Agriculture Department announced that concern over mad cow disease should no longer keep the border closed to live cattle from Canada, the Ottawa government revealed yesterday that it has detected another suspected case of the disease in a dairy cow. Canadian officials said that two preliminary tests on the 10-year-old Alberta ...
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Canada has exceeded its target for mad cow testing this year, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. All tests have come back negative for the brain-wasting disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the agency says.
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For the first time, scientists have created a genetic map of a cow, providing researchers a new tool to reduce animal disease and improve the nutrition of beef and dairy products
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The Agriculture Department is scaling back its testing program for mad cow disease to one-tenth of what it has been since the discovery of an infected cow in the U.S.
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The human version of mad cow disease may look different in different people, depending on their genetic make-up, experts reported on Thursday
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The USDA is researching another inconclusive test for mad cow disease.
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The Department of Agriculture said it will begin testing more domestic and imported meat used to make ground beef for E. coli contamination, following an increase in recalls for the potentially deadly bacteria.
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OTTAWA - Canada has exceeded its target for mad cow testing this year, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. All tests have come back negative for the brain-wasting disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the agency says.
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MEXICO CITY -- Mexico is keeping watch on US tests for a possible case of mad cow disease, the Agriculture Department said Friday.
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A cow the Agriculture Department had suspected of carrying mad cow disease was declared free of the illness after follow-up tests, officials said Tuesday. The announcement was a relief to the U.S. beef industry, which is still trying to recover from the nation's first case of the disease last December.
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The European Commission will spend nearly 100 million euros ($123.9 million) next year on cattle testing across the 25-nation bloc to try to stop the spread of mad cow disease to humans, it said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON - For the first time, scientists have created a genetic map of a cow, providing researchers with a new tool to reduce animal disease and improve the nutrition of beef and dairy products, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA
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Scientists have created a genetic map of a cow, giving researchers a new tool to reduce animal disease and improve the nutrition of beef and dairy products.