Canada reports first mad cow case of the year (AFP via Yahoo! News) Canada has confirmed its first case of mad cow disease of the year in a mature bull from western Alberta province, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has said. [News Source]

Canada reports first mad cow case of the year (AFP via Yahoo! News) Canada has confirmed its first case of mad cow disease of the year in a mature bull from western Alberta province, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has said. [News Source]

Canada reports first mad cow case of the year (INQ7.net) OTTAWA -- Canada has confirmed its first case of mad cow disease of the year in a mature bull from western Alberta province, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said late Wednesday. [News Source]

Canada confirms new mad-cow case (USA Today) Canada has confirmed its ninth case of mad cow disease, this time in a "mature" bull from the province of Alberta, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Wednesday. The bull never entered the human food or animal feed supply, CFIA said in a statement posted to its website. [News Source]

Mad cow detected in mature Canada bull (Stuff) VANCOUVER: Tests have confirmed mad cow disease in a mature bull in Alberta, but none of the animal entered the food chain, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has revealed. [News Source]

Mad cow detected in Alberta bull (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Tests have confirmed mad cow disease in a mature bull in Alberta, but none of the animal entered the food chain, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Mad cow confirmed in Alberta bull (CNews) OTTAWA (CP) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed a case of mad cow disease in a mature bull in Alberta. The CFIA says the animal was identified at the farm level by the national surveillance program for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, but it won't reveal where the farm is located. [News Source]

Tri-State Neighbor (Tri-State Neighbor) Do genes affect bovine spongiform encephalopathy - also known as BSE or “mad cow” disease? Are some cattle more susceptible than others? [News Source]

Early treatment may thwart mad cow-type disease (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A number of brain diseases caused by mutant prion proteins, such as mad cow disease or scrapie in sheep, might be averted if normal prion proteins can be depleted, researchers report. [News Source]

Stem-cell fast food - from NASA to nourishment. It sounds like a sci-fi nightmare: giant sheets of grayish meat grown on factory racks for human consumption. But it's for real. Using pig stem cells, scientists have been growing lab meat for years, and it could be hitting deli counters sooner than you think. [News Source]