Saudi man is third US mad cow case, CDC says (AlertNet) Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - A Saudi-born man living in Virginia has been identified as the third reported U.S. case of a human form of mad cow disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control ... [News Source]

Third U.S. mad cow case reported in Virginia, CDC says (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A Saudi-born man living in Virginia has been identified as the third reported U.S. case of a human form of mad cow disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [News Source]

UH officials answer questions about possible mad cow case (CNews) University Hospital assembled top staff today to answer questions at a news conference about a possible case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a patient who under went brain surgery last Thursday. [News Source]

Possible human mad-cow disease in London, Ont. (CNews) University Hospital has cancelled all surgeries, most medical procedures and diverted ambulances away from the site following the discovery of a patient who may have the human version of mad-cow disease. [News Source]

Silencing The Cause Of Mad Cow Disease (Medical News Today) 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. It is thought that these diseases are caused by accumulation in the brain of an abnormally folded version (PrPsc) of a natural protein (PrPc). [click link for full [News Source]

In Tomorrow’s Paper (EdmontonSun.com) Creutzfeldt-Jakob concerns in London, Ont. University Hospital has cancelled all surgeries, most medical procedures and diverted ambulances away from the site following the discovery of a patient who may have the human version of mad-cow disease. [News Source]

Possible human mad-cow disease in London, Ont. (CNews) University Hospital has cancelled all surgeries, most medical procedures and diverted ambulances away from the site following the discovery of a patient who may have the human version of mad-cow disease. [News Source]

Shift to voluntary animal ID program doesn’t appease critics. The premise registration and animal identification idea, which is aimed at tracking animals to help prevent the spread of mad cow disease, avian flu and other diseases, has divided the nation's livestock farmers. [News Source]

Animal byproducts found in feed eaten by livestock. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said that 10,000 cattle in Eastern Ontario and West Quebec consumed feed containing animal byproducts, but the risk of exposing humans to mad cow disease is negligible. [News Source]

Cattle ate traces of animal remains (Canada.com) OTTAWA -The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday that 10,000 cattle in Ontario and Quebec have consumed feed containing traces of animal byproducts, but the risk of exposing humans to mad cow disease is negligible. [News Source]