US to end BSE-related ban on older Canadian cattle (CIDRAP) Sep 18, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Two months from now, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to open the US border to older Canadian cattle and beef for the first time since bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, emerged in Canada in 2003. [News Source]

CORRECTED: U.S. to allow import of older Canadian cattle (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News) The United States said on Friday it would expand cattle trade with Canada and urged beef-importing nations to eliminate unnecessary barriers erected after the mad-cow scare earlier this decade. [News Source]

Giving your cows cannabis may prevent mad cow disease! (New Kerala) London, Sep 18 : It seems that cattle will now be turning into dopeheads for a new study has found that feeding cattle with cannabis could stop the development and spread of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Giving your cows cannabis may prevent mad cow disease! (ANI via Yahoo! India News) London, Sep 18 (ANI): It seems that cattle will now be turning into dopeheads for a new study has found that feeding cattle with cannabis could stop the development and spread of mad cow disease. A New Zealand pro-marijuana group publicised the idea, by claiming that a French study has scientific evidence to show that cannabis may prevent the growth of prion diseases, such as BSE in animals. ... [News Source]