State changing cattle ID system. A new Michigan law mandates that all cattle leaving the farm of origin as of March 1, must have an electronic ear tag, known as a Radio Frequency Identification tag. [News Source]

Briton in Hong Kong vCJD probe. A British man visiting Hong Kong has been admitted to hospital after showing symptoms of variant CJD, the human form of "mad cow disease." [News Source]

Suspected case of mad cow disease not confirmed. A British tourist with suspicious symptoms of mad cow disease is being monitored but the diagnosis has not been confirmed yet. [News Source]

UK tourist in mad cow disease fear. A 23-year-old British man visiting Hong Kong is in critical condition with a suspected case of the human variation of mad cow disease. [News Source]

South Korea bans U.S. poultry. Domestic poultry headed for South Korea was sidelined for the past two weeks while two migratory swans were tested for avian flu in Michigan. [News Source]

Tourist in Hong Kong suspected of having human variation of mad cow (Vancouver Province) HONG KONGÂ - A 23-year-old British man visiting Hong Kong was in hospital in critical condition with a suspected case of the human variation of mad cow disease, hospital officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

British Tourist Has Suspected Mad Cow Disease In Hong Kong (Medical News Today) A 23-year-old British tourist of Chinese origin has been hospitalized in Hong Kong with suspected vCJD, the human version of mad cow disease, say authorities. The man is at the Prince of Wales Hospital - the hospital has adopted infection control measures. He is said to be in a 'critical condition'.Doctors say he had intestinal surgery.Tests do not seem to confirm or rule out vCJD. [click link [News Source]

British tourist in Hong Kong has mad cow disease (News-Medical-Net) A British tourist in Hong Kong has been struck down with what appears to be mad cow disease. [News Source]

Briton critical in hospital with suspected mad cow disease (Edinburgh Evening News) A 23-YEAR-OLD British man visiting Hong Kong has been hospitalised in a critical condition with a suspected case of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Hong Kong Monitors British Man for Suspected Mad Cow Disease (Bloomberg.com) Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- A 23-year-old U.K.-born Chinese who visited Hong Kong this April is being monitored at a hospital in the city for symptoms of the human form of so-called mad cow disease, or variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. [News Source]