Latest Mad Cow Disease News

Chinese scientists clone mad cow-resistant calf.
Wednesday April 26th 2006, 2:00 pm

Chinese scientists have succeeded in cloning a cow with gene cells resistant to mad cow disease. [News Source]

Nineteen animals traced to latest case of mad cow in B.C. to be tested.
Wednesday April 26th 2006, 2:00 pm

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]

Scientists clone mad cow-resistant calf (Independent Online)
Wednesday April 26th 2006, 1:44 pm

Chinese scientists have succeeded in cloning a cow that is genetically modified to resist mad cow disease. [News Source]

Chinese clone mad cow-resistant calf (MSNBC)
Wednesday April 26th 2006, 1:26 pm

Chinese scientists have succeeded in cloning a cow with genes for resistance to mad cow disease, the official Xinhua news agency says. [News Source]

China clones mad cow-resistant calf (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday April 26th 2006, 1:18 pm

Chinese scientists have cloned a calf that may be resistant to mad cow disease. [News Source]

New tests rule out mad cow disease in Estonia (Interfax)
Wednesday April 26th 2006, 11:14 am

TALLINN. April 26 (Interfax) - Additional tests have confirmed the absence of a case of mad cow disease in the Jogeva district of Estonia. "Under a state program of measures against an epizooty, cows from the Jogeva district were subjected to express tests at the beginning of this week. [News Source]

Bovine clone is mad-cow resistant (iafrica.com)
Wednesday April 26th 2006, 10:39 am

Chinese scientists have cloned a calf that may be resistant to mad cow disease, state press reported on Wednesday. [News Source]

Mad cow scare in Warrenton (Northern Virginia Times Community)
Wednesday April 26th 2006, 9:52 am

Laboratory tests on a brain sample from a sick cow discovered at a Warrenton slaughterhouse last week were negative for bovine spongioform encephalopathy, or "mad cow disease," according to a spokesman for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services. [News Source]

Mad-cow-resistant calf cloned (News 24 South Africa)
Wednesday April 26th 2006, 9:36 am

Chinese scientists have cloned a calf that may be resistant to mad cow disease, reports say. [News Source]

19 animals to be tested for mad cow (Vancouver Province)
Wednesday April 26th 2006, 8:50 am

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has found 19 animals connected to a cow discovered with mad cow disease on a Fraser Valley dairy farm. The CFIA says the 19 healthy animals traced will be tested, but it's unlikely they will have BSE. They are under quarantine. [News Source]