Cornell Gets State Funding for Animal Health Diagnostic Center (WSYR 9 Syracuse) Cornell University will receive $50 million from New York State to build a new Animal Diagnostic Center at the College of Veterinary Medicine, that will be used to help test for foreign animal diseases like avian flu, foot-and-mouth disease, and mad cow and chronic wasting disease. [News Source]

South Korea Close To Agreement With US On Beef Imports (CattleNetwork.com) SEOUL (AP)--South Korea and the United States are nearing an agreement to resume imports of American beef suspended over fears of mad cow disease, a government official said Monday. [News Source]