N.M. Livestock Owners Urged To Microchip Animals (KOAT.com) Cattlemen and owners of other large livestock are being urged by state officials to take advantage of a tracking program aimed at helping control such diseases as mad cow. [News Source]

Livestock owners urged to microchip animals. Farmers and ranchers can register their large animals via a microchip-implanted "premise ID," which is entered into a U.S. Department of Agriculture directory for use in case of an outbreak of a disease. [News Source]

Human form of mad cow disease in Portugal. Health authorities believe they have detected Portugal’s second case of vCJD - the fatal brain disorder believed to be contracted by eating meat contaminated with mad cow disease. [News Source]

Second human case of mad cow suspected in Portugal (AFP via Yahoo! News) Portuguese health authorities on Wednesday said a young girl appeared to have contracted the human form of mad-cow disease, bringing the number of cases in the country to two. [News Source]

Ninth case of mad cow disease confirmed in Canada (Iowa Farmer) OTTAWA n The United States says it will 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]

Portugal Lab Tests: 2nd Case Of Human Form Of Mad Cow Disease (CattleNetwork.com) LISBON (AP)--Health authorities said Wednesday they believe they have detected Portugal 's second case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a fatal brain disorder believed to be contracted by eating meat contaminated with mad cow disease. [News Source]

Livestock owners urged to use chips (Silver City Sun-News) ROSWELL — Livestock officials are urging cattlemen and owners of other large livestock to take advantage of a tracking program that will help the government control such diseases as mad cow disease. [News Source]

9th case of mad cow disease confirmed in Canada (AG Weekly) OTTAWA (AP) — 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]