Despite new mad cow cases, U.S. wants to lift restrictions on Canada (KTRE-TV East Texas) WASHINGTON Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns says the administration is "very committed" to ending all mad cow disease-related restrictions on Canadian cattle, despite two fresh cases. [News Source]

Despite new mad cow cases, U.S. wants to lift restrictions on Canada (WREG-TV Memphis) WASHINGTON Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns says the administration is "very committed" to ending all mad cow disease-related restrictions on Canadian cattle, despite two fresh cases. [News Source]

Despite new mad cow cases, U.S. wants to lift restrictions on Canada (KTRE-TV East Texas) WASHINGTON Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns says the administration is "very committed" to ending all mad cow disease-related restrictions on Canadian cattle, despite two fresh cases. [News Source]

Despite new mad cow cases, U.S. wants to lift restrictions on Canada (KLAS) WASHINGTON Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns says the administration is "very committed" to ending all mad cow disease-related restrictions on Canadian cattle, despite two fresh cases. [News Source]

Despite new mad cow cases, U.S. wants to lift restrictions on Canada (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi) WASHINGTON Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns says the administration is "very committed" to ending all mad cow disease-related restrictions on Canadian cattle, despite two... [News Source]

Fears over ‘mad cow’ costs (The Scotsman) AN MP has called for a public spending watchdog inquiry into the body set up to compensate victims of the human form of mad cow disease, amid concerns about legal costs of running the multi-million pound scheme. [News Source]

Despite new mad cow cases, U.S. wants to lift restrictions on Canada (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) WASHINGTON The Bush administration wants to end remaining mad cow disease-related restrictions on Canadian cattle, despite two fresh cases there. The new cases have slowed the effort, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns acknowledged Thursday. Still, "we here at USDA are very committed to this," Johanns said during a news conference with Canada's new agriculture minister, Chuck Strahl. "I want to [News Source]

Canada’s Fifth Case of Mad Cow Disease Confirmed (WTOL News 11) TORONTO -- Canada confirmed Sunday that a new case of mad cow disease has been found in British Columbia. This marks Canada's fifth case of mad cow disease since May 2003, when the United States closed the border to Canadian beef. [News Source]

USDA’s Johanns Says Mad-Cow Curbs on Canada Beef May Be Lifted (Bloomberg.com) April 20 (Bloomberg) -- Canada's fifth case of mad-cow disease won't stop the U.S. from expanding beef and cattle trade with its North American neighbor, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said. [News Source]

Transplanted Nerve Tissue Can Cause Human ‘Mad Cow’ Disease (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) THURSDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- Between 1970 and 2003, transplanted human tissue was responsible for a total of seven cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) -- the human form of mad cow disease -- in the U.K., a new study finds. [News Source]