Latest Mad Cow Disease News

‘Mad Cow’ Vaccine Effective in Mice (HealthCentral.com)
Thursday May 03rd 2007, 3:50 pm

Copyright © 2007 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. THURSDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. scientists say they've developed a vaccine that protects mice from a brain condition similar to mad cow disease. [News Source]

‘Mad Cow’ Vaccine Effective in Mice (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Thursday May 03rd 2007, 2:02 pm

THURSDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. scientists say they've developed a vaccine that protects mice from a brain condition similar to mad cow disease. [News Source]

Vaccine Might Protect Against Mad-Cow Disease, Mouse Study Says (Bloomberg.com)
Thursday May 03rd 2007, 1:54 pm

May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Lethal nerve conditions such as mad- cow disease might be halted by a vaccine, scientists said today. [News Source]

Vaccine prevents mad cow disease in mice (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Thursday May 03rd 2007, 1:46 pm

An oral vaccine has been developed that stops mice from getting fatal brain diseases like mad cow disease, according to a paper presented Thursday. [News Source]

Beef H.K.-bound, with 30-month age cap.
Thursday May 03rd 2007, 12:00 pm

JA Zen-Noh Meat Foods Co. and Itoham Foods Inc. said Wednesday they will be the first firms to ship Japanese beef to Hong Kong since an agreement was signed in April to resume Japanese beef exports after a five-year ban over mad cow disease. [News Source]

Canada confirms mad cow case in British Columbia.
Thursday May 03rd 2007, 12:00 pm

Another Canadian case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, has been confirmed in a mature dairy cow in the province of British Columbia, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Tenth mad cow case in Canada.
Thursday May 03rd 2007, 12:00 pm

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the country's tenth case of mad cow disease in the country's far west. [News Source]

Case of mad cow found in B.C., but no part of animal entered food chain.
Thursday May 03rd 2007, 12:00 pm

Mad cow disease has been found in a dairy cow in British Columbia but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says there isn't any risk to public health as no part of the animal entered the human food or animal feed systems. [News Source]

Mad cow disease case confirmed in B.C. (CBC Saskatchewan)
Thursday May 03rd 2007, 11:59 am

Mad cow disease has been found in a 5½-year-old dairy cow in British Columbia, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed Wednesday. [News Source]

Canada confirms another case of mad cow disease (Seattle Times)
Thursday May 03rd 2007, 9:14 am

Canadian authorities said Wednesday they had confirmed the country's 10th case of mad cow disease since 2003. In the latest case, the disease... [News Source]