Canada Confirms Country’s Ninth Mad-Cow Disease Case (Update3) (Bloomberg.com) Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Canada confirmed its ninth case of mad-cow disease, in an Alberta bull that may have been born after 1997 when feed restrictions were imposed to halt the spread of infections. [News Source]

USDA says Canadian mad cow case won’t impact trade (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A day after Canada announced its ninth case of mad cow disease, the United States on Thursday said beef trade with its northern neighbor would be unaffected with regulators promising to press ahead with a draft rule to allow older Canadian cattle back in the country. [News Source]

9th case of mad cow disease in Canada (AP via Yahoo! News) The United States said Thursday it would dispatch a specialist to help investigate Canada's latest case of mad cow, but that Washington did not expect the new finding to hurt trade between the two countries. [News Source]

US to send expert to Canada after mad cow case discovered (AFP via Yahoo! News) US authorities said they were sending an expert to Canada after a case of mad cow disease was discovered in Alberta, but they suggested the case would not impact bilateral trade. [News Source]

Mad Cow Disease Confirmed in Canada (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Canada has confirmed its ninth case of mad cow disease since 2003, in an Alberta bull that died on a farm last week. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday that a mature bull tested positive for mad cow, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy. [News Source]

Ninth case of mad cow found in Canada (AP via Yahoo! News) Canada has confirmed its ninth case of mad cow disease since 2003, in an Alberta bull that died on a farm last week. [News Source]

Canada Confirms Country’s Ninth Mad-Cow Disease Case (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Canada confirmed its ninth case of mad-cow disease since 2003, in an Alberta bull born before feed restrictions were implemented to halt the spread of infections. [News Source]

Korea beef dispute goes on as farmers protest. Cattle farmers protested Wednesday as U.S. and South Korean officials discussed easing restrictions on imports of American beef, an issue Washington says threatens to scuttle a possible free trade agreement. [News Source]

Seoul offers US beef concessions. South Korea on Thursday offered a package of concessions to the United States in their second day of talks aimed at resolving differences over U.S. beef imports. [News Source]

Protesters scuffle with police, delay start of South Korea-U.S. beef talks. Angry cattle farmers opposing American beef imports scuffled with police Thursday, delaying the start of a second day of talks on the issue between South Korea and the United States. [News Source]