Japan confirms 26th case of mad cow disease (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Japan has confirmed its 26th case of mad cow disease, this time in a 68-month-old Holstein dairy cow on the northern island of Hokkaido. [News Source]

Japan Confirms 26th Mad Cow Disease Case (CBS 13 Sacramento) Japan has confirmed its 26th case of mad cow disease, this one in a 5-year-old Holstein in the country's north, the Agriculture Ministry said Saturday. CBS News Interactive: Mad Cow Disease [News Source]

Japan Confirms 26th Mad Cow Disease Case (KDKA Pittsburgh) Japan has confirmed its 26th case of mad cow disease, this one in a 5-year-old Holstein in the country's north, the Agriculture Ministry said Saturday. CBS News Interactive: Mad Cow Disease [News Source]

Japan Confirms 26th Mad Cow Disease Case (CBS 3 Philadelphia) Japan has confirmed its 26th case of mad cow disease, this one in a 5-year-old Holstein in the country's north, the Agriculture Ministry said Saturday. CBS News Interactive: Mad Cow Disease [News Source]

Austria confirms fourth case of mad cow disease. Austria has confirmed it had found a fourth case of mad cow disease, this time in the northern province of Upper Austria [News Source]

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-05-14 11:56 GMT: Japanese authorities confirm country’s 26th mad cow case (Interactive Investor) TOKYO (AFX) - The authorities here confirmed at the weekend the 26th case of mad cow disease in the country. A 68-month-old Holstein cow from a farm in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido was confirmed by the agriculture ministry to be infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). [News Source]

Fourth Case Of Mad Cow Disease Diagnosed In Austria (CattleNetwork.com) LINZ, Austria (AP)--Authorities Sunday announced Austria's fourth case of mad cow disease and said all other cows at the affected farm had been destroyed. [News Source]

Some ranchers shy on first day since mad cow announcement (AG Weekly) TULIA, Texas -- West Texas rancher Kevin Crooks lost about $1 million in the year following the country's first case of mad cow 18 months ago. If he'd had cattle big enough to sell at the Tulia Livestock Auction on Monday, he wouldn't have brought a one. [News Source]