Latest US Mad-Cow Cases Are `Atypical’ Form (CattleNetwork.com) WASHINGTON -- 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]

Please, leave marriage alone (WorldNetDaily) Are we going nuts? Is the whole nation suffering from mad cow disease or becoming senile at the ripe young age of 230? [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]