Proposed federal bio lab concerns some residents. Animal diseases such as bird flu, hoof and mouth, and mad cow could find a home near Lake Kegonsa under a plan by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [News Source]

Why giving a goat for Christmas ‘hinders those in poverty.’ Critics now claim that buying a goat, cow or even half a dozen chickens through schemes run by Oxfam, Christian Aid and others is doing more harm than good. [News Source]

Trade spat looms as South Korea rejects second U.S. beef shipment. South Korea said on Friday it will destroy or return a second shipment of U.S. beef after bone fragments were found in violation of a bilateral agreement that allowed imports of U.S. beef to resume. [News Source]

SKorea to stop US beef imports from Nebraska slaughterhouse after bone pieces found. South Korea said Friday it would suspend imports of American beef from a U.S. slaughterhouse after government inspectors found three pieces of bone in a shipment. [News Source]

USDA wants to open border to all Canadian cattle. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is again trying to open the border to all Canadian cattle and beef of any age despite concerns that Canada’s safeguards against mad cow disease were not working. [News Source]

Gene silencing fights mad cow disease (New Scientist) A type of gene silencing known as RNA interference slows the progression of prion disease in mice by more than 30% [News Source]

Silencing the cause of mad cow disease (EurekAlert!) BSE (more commonly known as mad cow disease) and CJD, which is a related disease in humans that can occur spontaneously, be inherited, or be acquired (in some cases probably from cows with BSE), are fatal neurodegenerative diseases. [News Source]

S Korea rejects second shipment of US beef (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) South Korea has again rejected a shipment of beef from the United States amid fears of mad cow disease. [News Source]

S.Korea finds bones in U.S. beef order (AP via Yahoo! News) South Korea said Friday it would suspend imports of beef from a U.S. slaughterhouse after inspectors found three bone fragments in a shipment, a violation of an agreement related to mad cow disease. [News Source]