Ammonia leak forces workers at plant, residents to evacuate. More than four dozen residents and 30 workers were evacuated yesterday morning after an ammonia leak at a food-processing plant sent a potent smell through the 600 block of West Sedgley Avenue in North Philadelphia, authorities said. [News Source]

Infected feed likely cause of Canada mad cow case. Vehicles and equipment used to ship ingredients was likely the contamination source. [News Source]

B.C. mad cow caused by contaminated feed: CFIA (CTV.ca) Federal investigators believe a case of mad cow confirmed in a Fraser Valley dairy cow in April was probably caused by contaminated feed. [News Source]

Pet Vet: Vets take steps to prepare for spread of disease (Billings Gazette) One of the classes I had to take in veterinary school was all about public health diseases. It was kind of a "yawner" of a class because much of the discussion was about diseases found in other parts of the world. It was hard to get real excited about ... [News Source]

U.S. beef discussions (Greeley Tribune) Staff Reports [News Source]

Voters trust Burns, politician says (Billings Gazette) Montanans' longstanding trust in U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns will be one of his top assets as he battles Democrat Jon Tester in one of the nation's most-watched Senate races, Republican National Commit-tee Chairman Ken Mehlman said Friday. "People of the s ... [News Source]

Hokkaido cow to be further tested for possible BSE infection (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ A Hokkaido cow will be further tested after it showed an equivocal result in a preliminary test for mad cow disease conducted at a slaughterhouse Saturday, Hokkaido officials said. [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]

U.S. House committee to listen to farmers in Yakima, Wash. (AG Weekly) YAKIMA, Wash. -Bob Brammer summed it up in one word: research. Apple growers don’t want handouts in the form of direct payments. They want money to examine new mechanical harvesting equipment, to study ways to reduce pesticide use, he said. [News Source]