Movie review: ‘Black Sheep’ delivers terror of the absurd (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) Woolly ruminant quadruped bites man in the absurdist horror comedy "Black Sheep." Set in New Zealand, where sheep outnumber the human population 40 to 1, it imagines a relative of mad cow disease that mutates the meek, adorable creatures into turbocharged, bloody-muzzled carnivores. The film begins in full-on pastoral mode as the Oldfield brothers putter around their dad 's immense ranch, where ... [News Source]

Technique may lead to better mad cow disease test (CTV.ca) Scientists are working on a procedure that they hope will lead to a simple blood test for mad cow disease in humans, called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. [News Source]

New diagnostic test for mad cow disease developed (New Kerala) London, July 5 : Scottish scientists have developed a new technique to diagnose mad cow disease in humans. [News Source]

More accurate mad cow test is developed (The Scotsman) SCIENTISTS have developed a technique that could help in the diagnosis of mad cow disease, it was revealed today. [News Source]

Hopes for better vCJD diagnosis (BBC News) Scientists are perfecting a technique which they hope will improve detection of mad cow disease (vCJD) in humans. [News Source]

Hopes for better vCJD diagnosis (BBC News) Scientists are perfecting a technique which they hope will improve detection of mad cow disease (vCJD). [News Source]

New diagnostic test for mad cow disease developed (ANI via Yahoo! India News) London, July 5 (ANI): Scottish scientists have developed a new technique to diagnose mad cow disease in humans. Researchers at Edinburgh University say that the currently available screening process for the brain condition is not completely reliable, and causes specialists to wrongly tell people that they are suffering from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). They insist that the new ... [News Source]

Humane Society of US again scaring people away from good diets? (AG Weekly) The Humane Society of the U.S. has, for years, been trying to frighten people away from consuming meat, milk and eggs -- but its recent testimony before a congressional committee reached a new low when the HSUS president, Wayne Pacelle, made the unsupported claim that pigs could be harboring the infamous and deadly British ‘mad cow” disease. [News Source]

Shock and awe. The Animals Film, a chilling documentary about the abuse of animals, caused shockwaves when it was shown 25 years ago. As the movie is re-released, its maker Victor Schonfeld wonders if TV would have the guts to show it today. [News Source]

Scientists develop new way of testing for vCJD. Scientists in Edinburgh have developed a technique that could help in the diagnosis of the human form of mad cow disease. The current screening process for the brain condition is not completely reliable and can lead to people being wrongly told they are suffering from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. [News Source]