Latest Mad Cow Disease News

Canadian inspectors testing for mad cow disease at British Columbia dairy farm (Fox21)
Friday April 14th 2006, 11:24 pm

TORONTO Canadian officials are testing a British Columbia dairy cow suspected of contracting mad cow disease. [News Source]

Elk import ban up for debate.
Friday April 14th 2006, 12:00 pm

Changing a ban on importing animals from other states, enacted in 2002 due to fears of chronic wasting disease, could clear the way for the survival of an elk herd in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. [News Source]

BSE case suspected in B.C.’s Fraser Valley.
Friday April 14th 2006, 12:00 pm

Canada's cattle industry is on edge after it was revealed a dairy cow in British Columbia may be Canada's latest case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow disease. [News Source]

USDA working on animal ID system.
Friday April 14th 2006, 12:00 pm

The USDA is scrambling to finish a National Animal Identification System after the discovery of another case of mad cow disease in the U.S. last month. [News Source]

Ad campaign aims to rebuild beef market in Japan
Friday April 14th 2006, 12:00 pm

The Alberta government has launched a $100,000 advertising campaign to try to rebuild world beef markets following the mad-cow scare. [News Source]

Inspectors discover potential mad cow case at B.C. dairy farm.
Friday April 14th 2006, 12:00 pm

A six-year-old dairy cow in British Columbia could have Canada's latest case of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Canadian inspectors testing for mad cow.
Friday April 14th 2006, 9:00 am

Federal officials Thursday tested a British Columbia dairy cow suspected of contracting mad cow disease, potentially bad news for Canadian cattle ranchers still recovering from a two-year ban on their beef in the United States. [News Source]

Canada may have found nation’s fifth mad-cow case.
Friday April 14th 2006, 9:00 am

Canada said it may have found its fifth case of mad-cow disease, in an approximately six-year-old dairy cow in British Columbia. [News Source]

US cattle markets shaken by suspect Canada mad cow.
Friday April 14th 2006, 9:00 am

A possible new case of mad cow disease in Canada rattled the U.S. cattle markets on Thursday because the animal in question was born after a 1997 feed ban that was enacted to prevent the disease. [News Source]

New Canadian mad cow case suspected.
Friday April 14th 2006, 9:00 am

Canada has discovered a suspected new case of mad cow disease in an animal that was about six years old, but the animal did not enter the human food chain, the government said on Thursday. [News Source]