Scientists clone mad cow-resistant calf (The Age) Chinese scientists have succeeded in cloning a cow with gene cells resistant to mad cow disease, the official Xinhua news agency said. - [News Source]

Scientists clone mad cow-resistant calf (Sydney Morning Herald) Chinese scientists have succeeded in cloning a cow with gene cells resistant to mad cow disease, the official Xinhua news agency said. - [News Source]

Mad cow madness: USDA stands in the way of broader testing. The USDA, which now tests only 1 percent of all slaughtered cows, is planning to cut back on that effort, and intends to keep anyone else from conducting more tests. [News Source]

Imports of U.S. beef could resume in June. U.S. beef could be finding its way back into Korean stores starting in June, based on the findings of a Korean team of scientists who visited the U.S. to confirm the age of the cow diagnosed with mad cow disease in March. [News Source]

Seoul may resume beef imports in June. Seoul is likely to resume imports of U.S. beef in June after establishing that the animal involved in America's third case of mad cow disease was born before April 1998. [News Source]

Agency to test 19 animals from farm with BSE. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said 19 animals may have been eating the same feed as a cow discovered with mad-cow disease on a B.C. dairy farm. [News Source]

Beef imports to resume. South Korea is likely to resume imports of US beef in June as its probe into a cow infected with mad cow disease in America showed that the animal was confirmed to have been born before April 1998. [News Source]

S.Korea moves to resume U.S. beef imports. South Korea will resume imports of U.S. beef in June after confirming a cow infected with mad-cow disease was born before feed restrictions were imposed. [News Source]

Cloned cow with mad cow disease-resistant genes born in Shandong. A cloned calf with genes resistant to mad cow disease was born in East China's Shandong Province on Tuesday. [News Source]

Estonia dismisses suspected case of mad cow disease. Estonian authorities said on Wednesday that tests for mad cow disease had proved negative in the case of a dead 11-year-old animal earlier suspected of being the country's first case of BSE. [News Source]