Patients ‘not at risk’ of catching mad cow disease. Patients are not at risk of contracting the human form of mad cow disease from contaminated blood sold to the UAE, a health official said yesterday. [News Source]

Second wave of mad cow disease possible (PhysOrg) British scientists recently discovered that the gene responsible for mad cow disease can lie dormant many years, which could create a second wave of disease. [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]

No UAE mad cow risk (AME Info) The Director of the Department of Blood Transfusion and Research has denied that patients in the UAE are at risk of contracting the human form of mad cow disease from contaminated blood, reported Gulf News. Dr Ameen bin Hussain Al Amiri said a report in the UK's Guardian newspaper, which claimed the UAE was one of 14 countries that had purchased contaminated British blood, was inaccurate. [News Source]