POLITICS 24 U.S. senators urge Bush to demand that Japan lift beef import restrictions (Japan Today) WASHINGTON — Twenty-four senators prodded President George W Bush on Friday to demand that Japan quickly lift its mad cow disease-related controls on U.S. beef imports during his summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next week. [News Source]

British Dentists Warned of vCJD Risk (RedNova) British dentists are being told not to re-use dental instruments from root canals because it could put patients at risk for mad cow disease. Britain's Chief Dental Officer, Dr. [News Source]

Dentists given root canal warning over CJD risk. Dentists were yesterday ordered to stop reusing instruments in root canal treatments after fears that they could spread the infection of variant CJD. [News Source]

Sheep breeder will have a long wait for judgment day. A Northmavine sheep breeder has been found not guilty on 15 charges of breaching animal movement restriction rules, but he will have to wait until June to hear his fate on further alleged offences. [News Source]

Diabetics warned about mad cow exposure. Patients with Type 1 diabetes who received islet transplants through the acclaimed Edmonton Protocol program may have been exposed during their procedure to prions that cause human brain-wasting disease. [News Source]

British dentists warned of vCJD risk (UPI) British dentists are being told not to re-use dental instruments from root canals because it could put patients at risk for mad cow disease. [News Source]

Netherlands reports mad cow case (AFP via Yahoo! News) The Dutch ministry of Agriculture announced on Friday that it has discovered mad cow disease in a seven-year-old cow. [News Source]

Netherlands: 83rd mad cow case (News 24 South Africa) The Dutch ministry of agriculture has announced it has discovered mad cow disease in a seven-year-old cow, the country's 83rd case of mad cow disease. [News Source]

N.B. experimental farm may get incinerator (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News) New Brunswick is looking at building an incinerator to dispose of animal byproducts to help deal with new federal rules aimed at preventing the spread of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Netherlands reports mad cow case (INQ7.net) THE HAGUE -- The Dutch ministry of Agriculture announced on Friday that it has discovered mad cow disease in a seven-year-old cow. [News Source]