State stops culling herds of deer, elk. The Colorado Division of Wildlife is giving up on the controversial practice of killing deer and elk to help contain the spread of chronic wasting disease. [News Source]

Following the herd. With animal disease a pressing health and economic issue, Ohio and other states are working to implement a system for quick tracking of an animal's history. [News Source]

Japan still has U.S. beef concerns. Agriculture official says more talks about mad cow disease are needed before two-month ban on imports is lifted. [News Source]

Alabama mad cow is Florida concern. When an Alabama cow died of mad cow disease two weeks ago, red flags went up in the border state of Florida. [News Source]

Anything into oil. Turkey guts, junked car parts, and even raw sewage go in one end of this plant, and black gold comes out the other end. The catch? It may not happen in the United States. [News Source]

Government is in the way of BSE tests. You’d think that if a company wanted to provide more than the government minimum testing to assure consumers that its beef was safe, it would have the right. [News Source]

Japan, U.S. begin technical talks on beef. Japan and the United States began a two-day technical meeting Tuesday in Tokyo to discuss Washington's request that Japan lift its import ban on American beef. [News Source]

Lawmaker wants Tenn. to opt out of electronic cattle tracking. Tennessee would opt out of the national electronic cattle tracking system designed to prevent the spread of mad cow disease under a bill being considered by the House. [News Source]

Ten Commandments judge now challenges mad cow tracking system. Former Chief Justice Roy Moore is challenging state and federal officials on another issue - tracking livestock to deter mad cow disease. [News Source]

Fear of virus is sickest thing about bird flu. Fear causes the public to blur the distinction between birds and people, and so, as the H5N1 virus infects flocks of birds in Pakistan and Israel, nightly news watchers track the path to the United States. [News Source]