Lab prepares for bird flu testing. The four fowl -- and hundreds like them -- are key players in a complex testing process at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories that will determine whether the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus has arrived in the US. [News Source]

Genesis Bioventures Announces United States Patent Granted For Mad Cow Disease Rapid Test (FinanzNachrichten) NEW YORK, May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genesis Bioventures, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. (GBI) (OTCBB:GBIW) today announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent for the Rapid Prion Detection Assay technology developed by Prion Developmental Laboratories (PDL), a portfolio company of GBI. [News Source]

Genesis Bioventures Announces United States Patent Granted For Mad Cow Disease Rapid Test (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Genesis Bioventures, Inc. today announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent for the Rapid Prion Detection Assay technology developed by Prion Developmental Laboratories , a portfolio company of GBI. [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]