Japan confirms new mad cow case (NDTV) Japan's Agriculture Ministry confirmed on Thursday that a cow from northern Japan was the country's 29th case of mad cow disease. Tests on the animal performed at the National Institute of Animal Health confirmed that the cow, which died at a ranch in Hokkaido, was infected with the disease. [News Source]

Japanese authorities confirm country\’s 29th case of mad cow disease (Sharewatch) The Agriculture Ministry said tests had confirmed that a 75-month-old Holstein cow from a farm on the northern island of Hokkaido had been infected with mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). [News Source]

29th case of mad cow disease confirmed in Japan (Japan Today) ASAHIKAWA — A dead Holstein cow in Hokkaido has been confirmed to have tested positive for mad cow disease — the 29th case in Japan, farm ministry officials said Thursday. [News Source]

29th case of mad cow disease confirmed in Japan (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ A dead Holstein cow in Hokkaido has been confirmed to have tested positive for mad cow disease -- the 29th case in Japan, farm ministry officials said Thursday. [News Source]

Rockwood con didn’t mean to hit cow (CNews) The case of a Rockwood con who whacked a mad cow with a broomstick took an udderly strange turn today after a judge refused to sentence him for wilfully injuring cattle. [News Source]

Alzheimer’s ’seeded’ like mad cow disease (New Scientist) As with BSE, it now seems that malformed proteins "seed" the formation of plaques in the brain of people with Alzheimer's disease [News Source]

PlayStation’s serious side: Fighting disease (Financial Express) Kids aiming to persuade their parents to buy the PlayStation 3 have some new ammunition -- donating their PS3's down time to researchers could help cure Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or mad cow disease. [News Source]

Japan farm minister won’t ease beef rule for U.S. Japan's new Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka said on Wednesday he would follow the stance set by his predecessor of rejecting a U.S. proposal to start discussions on easing beef trade rules later this year. [News Source]

BSE likely came from feed (Iowa Farmer) OTTAWA (AP) -- An Alberta, Canada, dairy cow that was diagnosed last month with BSE (mad-cow disease) probably contracted the disease from contaminated feed, federal regulators said. [News Source]

Japan farm minister won’t ease beef rule for U.S (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Japan's new Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka said on Wednesday he would follow the stance set by his predecessor of rejecting a U.S. proposal to start discussions on easing beef trade rules later this year. [News Source]