Latest Mad Cow Disease News

Mad cow suspected in Alberta dairy cow (Canada.com)
Tuesday July 11th 2006, 10:47 am

EDMONTON - Another suspected case of mad cow disease has surfaced, this time in a young dairy cow on a farm near Edmonton. [News Source]

Another mad cow.
Tuesday July 11th 2006, 10:00 am

It's been a while, but R-Calf is back- just in time for the discovery of the latest Alberta mad cow. [News Source]

Potential BSE detected in Alberta dairy cow.
Tuesday July 11th 2006, 10:00 am

A potential case of mad cow disease has been identified in an Alberta dairy cow, officials with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday. [News Source]

Canada testing animal suspected of mad cow.
Tuesday July 11th 2006, 10:00 am

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is testing the remains of a dairy cow from Alberta suspected of having bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease. [News Source]

Mad cow ‘less shocking, less frequent’.
Tuesday July 11th 2006, 10:00 am

Officials say there's no need to overreact to news that a four-year-old dairy cow from an Edmonton-area farm is likely to become Canada's seventh case of mad cow disease. [News Source]

7th case of mad cow is suspected.
Tuesday July 11th 2006, 10:00 am

Canada said it may have found its seventh case of mad cow disease, in a 50-month-old Alberta dairy animal born long after 1997 feed restrictions were imposed to curb the spread of the livestock ailment. [News Source]

Canada Farm Quarantined in Suspected Mad Cow Case (Environmental News Network)
Tuesday July 11th 2006, 6:13 am

Canada has quarantined an Alberta farm and is testing a dairy cow that was heavily pregnant and suspected of having mad cow disease, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday. [News Source]

UT researchers develop early mad cow detection (The Daily Texan)
Tuesday July 11th 2006, 2:29 am

An early diagnosis for the human version of mad cow disease may soon be available as researchers at the UT Medical Branch in Galveston are able to detect its presence early by mimicking the long process of multiplying infected protein cells to show the development of the disease. [News Source]

Some ranchers shy on first day since mad cow announcement (AG Weekly)
Tuesday July 11th 2006, 12:20 am

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]