South Korea to Resume U.S. Beef Imports as Agreed (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) April 26 (Bloomberg) -- South Korea, which was the third- biggest buyer of U.S. beef in 2003, will resume imports from the U.S. after confirming a cow infected with mad-cow disease in Alabama was born before feed restrictions were imposed. [News Source]

Nineteen animals traced to latest case of mad cow in B.C. to be tested (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) VANCOUVER (CP) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will be testing 19 animals connected to a cow discovered with mad cow disease on a dairy farm in the Fraser Valley. [News Source]

Canada to test 19 herdmates in mad cow case (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Tuesday it has located 19 cattle believed to have eaten the same feed as the dairy cow that tested positive for the brain-wasting mad cow disease earlier this month. [News Source]

Nineteen B.C. animals traced to latest case of mad cow (Vancouver Province) File photo of a dairy cow. Federal officials have traced 19 other animals to the B.C. case of mad cow disease. (AP Photo/Ric Francis) OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it's found 19 animals connected to a cow discovered with mad cow disease on a B.C. dairy farm. [News Source]

Canada Will Test 19 Animals in Probe Into Latest Mad-Cow Case (Bloomberg.com) April 25 (Bloomberg) -- Canada plans to test 19 head of cattle that may have been exposed to the same feed as the animal identified as the country's fifth case of mad-cow disease. [News Source]

Rants ‘n’ Raves: RIP (Wired News) Readers on death of a blogger and a mad cow cover up in today's Rants 'n' Raves. [News Source]

Nineteen animals traced to latest case of mad cow, found in B.C. (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) OTTAWA (CP) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it's found 19 animals connected to a cow discovered with mad cow disease on a B.C. dairy farm. [News Source]

No lack of hot air around here. A host of new environmental scare books are out or on the way. [News Source]

Japan opposition says no US beef imports by June. Japan is unlikely to allow U.S. beef imports to restart by the end of the current parliamentary session in June because opposition lawmakers will step up efforts to block a resumption. [News Source]

Estonia finds first case of mad cow disease. Estonian authorities have detected mad cow disease in a dead 11-year-old cow after a routine test at a slaughterhouse. [News Source]