Reduction in Mad Cow Tests Planned (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) WASHINGTON (AP) - The Agriculture Department is moving forward with a plan to reduce the number of tests for mad cow disease. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns planned to announce on Thursday a new level of testing for mad cow disease. Johanns has said there is little justification for the current level, which rose to about 1,000 tests a day after the first U.S. case of mad cow disease in 2003. [News Source]

Reduction in Mad Cow Tests Planned (Los Angeles Times) WASHINGTON -- The Agriculture Department is moving forward with a plan to reduce the number of tests for mad cow disease. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns planned to announce on Thursday a new level of testing for mad cow disease. [News Source]

Reduction in mad cow tests planned (AP via Yahoo! News) The Agriculture Department is moving forward with a plan to reduce the number of tests for mad cow disease. [News Source]

US to scale back mad cow surveillance program (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The United States Agriculture Department will announce on Thursday plans to scale back its mad cow surveillance program, a source briefed by the department told Reuters. [News Source]

USDA Prepares To Scale Back Mad-Cow Surveillance Tests (CattleNetwork.com) NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to scale back its mad-cow disease testing program now that it says it is convinced the presence of the disease here is minimal. [News Source]

US to scale back mad cow surveillance program: source (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The United States Agriculture Department will announce on Thursday plans to scale back its mad cow surveillance program, according to a source briefed by the department, prompting concern from some consumer and industry groups. [News Source]

US to scale back mad cow surveillance program: source (RedNova) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States Agric [News Source]

US to lower mad cow surveillance program: source (RedNova) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States Agric [News Source]

Ridley loses bid to appeal court ruling in mad cow class-action battle (Grand Forks Herald) Livestock feed maker and distributor Ridley Inc. (TSX:RCL) has lost a bid to appeal a Quebec court ruling that permits a class-action lawsuit over mad cow disease, even though a parallel case in Ontario is delayed. [News Source]

US to lower mad cow surveillance program: source (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The United States Agriculture Department will announce on Thursday plans to scale down its mad cow surveillance program, a source briefed by the department told Reuters. [News Source]