Mad deer disease may spread with saliva (AP via Yahoo! News) Deer probably spread a brain-destroying illness called chronic wasting disease through their saliva, concludes a study that finally pins down a long-suspected culprit. The key was that Colorado researchers tested some special deer. [News Source]

Mad deer disease may spread with saliva (AP via Yahoo! News) Deer probably spread a brain-destroying illness called chronic wasting disease through their saliva, concludes a study that finally pins down a long-suspected culprit. The key was that Colorado researchers tested some special deer. [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]

Mexico reopens market to U.S. dairy cows (49 ABC News Topeka) After fears of mad cow disease subsided, the Mexican government has changed its mind about the ban on U.S. dairy heifers. [News Source]

US finds 2nd mad cow, industry defends safeguards (Tiscali) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday confirmed its second case of mad cow disease, prompting consumer groups to call for broader testing of cattle as the meat industry defended existing safeguards. [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]