Cattle dispute continues. Canadian cattle at a Swift packing plant in Nebraska were delivered directly from Canada, not by a South Dakota livestock producer, a U.S. Department of Agriculture investigation has determined. [News Source]

Russia lifts ban on pork imports from U.S. Russia has lifted a ban on pork imports from the United States and cattle from some parts of the Czech Republic, the Russian veterinary service said Thursday. [News Source]

Scientists ‘reverse’ vCJD signs. Symptoms of prion diseases, such as the human form of mad cow disease vCJD, can be reversed, a study of mice suggests. [News Source]

Mice hope in search for Mad Cow cure. Scientists in Britain have successfully reversed the symptoms of mad cow disease in mice. [News Source]

Virus may be the cause of mad cow . Mad cow disease and other related brain disorders may be caused by a virus and not the weird, misshapen proteins, known as prions, that scientists think are responsible, according to a study released Monday. [News Source]

Making tracks. Promoters of a nationwide system to identify and track livestock hype the effort as a way to stop diseases. [News Source]

Blocking protein reverses mad cow disease in mice (EARTHtimes.org) Scientists at the University College, London, have developed a way of reversing the early symptoms of prion diseases like the human form of mad cow disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or vCJD, and the disease in cattle called bovine spongiform encephalopathy. [News Source]

MICE HOPE IN SEARCH FOR MAD COW CURE (Daily Record) SCIENTISTS in Britain have successfully reversed the symptoms of mad cow disease in mice. Researchers managed to rid the rodents of memory and behavioural problems associated with BSE and its human equivalent, variant CJD. [News Source]