USDA: Much Still Unknown About Two US BSE Cases (CattleNetwork.com) WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The U.S. Department of Agriculture now believes the only two native-born U.S. cows to contract mad-cow disease were infected with a little understood and rare "atypical" strain that throws into question how the animals were infected. [News Source]

First Mad Cow Case Reported in West Austria (RedNova) First mad cow case reported in west Austria [News Source]

US beef processing needs revising. South Korea has asked the U.S. to change its beef processing practices prior to Seoul's removal of a ban on imports of American beef. [News Source]

Feed ban no-brainer. The federal government is being pressured to wait for American action before banning the use of cattle brains, corpses and other "high-risk" material in animal feed, pet food and fertilizer to prevent the spread of mad-cow disease. [News Source]

South Korea may resume beef imports next month (The Pueblo Chieftain) SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea is not likely to resume U.S. beef imports before July, officials said Wednesday, citing problems with some U.S. slaughterhouses designated to process meat bound for South Korea. South Korea agreed in January to allow American beef into the country on a limited basis, ending a two-year ban prompted by mad cow fears. But a reopening of the formerly [News Source]

Agriculture News from HPJ - Your Ag News Source (High Plains Journal) OMAHA (DTN) -- The federal government is being pressured to wait for American action before banning the use of cattle brains, corpses and other "high risk" material in animal feed, pet food and fertilizer to prevent the spread of mad-cow disease, reports this morning's National Post. [News Source]

Mad cow case reported in west Austria (People’s Daily) Health authorities confirmed a case of mad cow disease in the west Austrian province of Tirol after a 13-year-old cow tested positive for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), Austrian media reported here on Wednesday. [News Source]