Latest Mad Cow Disease News

Internet Patrol: Ridley Agrees To $6M Settlement In BSE Lawsuit (CattleNetwork.com)
Tuesday February 05th 2008, 11:08 pm

Winnipeg feed maker Ridley Inc. will pay $6 million to Canada 's cattle producers to end its exposure to class actions over the arrival of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Ridley settles in Canadian mad cow court cases (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday February 05th 2008, 8:38 pm

Animal feed maker Ridley Inc will pay C$6 million ($5.9 million) to settle class action lawsuits over mad cow disease, in a deal that will see the cases continue against the Canadian government. [News Source]

Customer Service (Brandon Sun)
Tuesday February 05th 2008, 7:44 pm

WINNIPEG - Animal feed company Ridley Inc. (TSX:RCL) has agreed to pay $6 million in a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in several mad cow class action lawsuits filed against the company and the Canadian government. [News Source]

A medical mystery unfolds in Minnesota.
Tuesday February 05th 2008, 12:00 pm

The disease that confronted doctors at the Austin Medical Center was strange indeed. Three patients had the same highly unusual set of symptoms and all worked at a local meatpacking plant. Doctors had no idea what was causing it. [News Source]

The Blood Donor (The Sentinel)
Tuesday February 05th 2008, 2:58 am

Prodding Ardis Featherman’s arm with her finger, Megan Bettinger looks for that perfect vein n the one that will yield a pint of blood quickly and with little discomfort to the woman in front of her. [News Source]

Italian farmers pin beef hopes on Japanese cows (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday February 05th 2008, 2:06 am

A farm near Milan is raising Japanese Wagyu cows to woo meat-loving Italians with the world's most expensive Kobe steaks. [News Source]

Premise registration continues on plan (Iowa Farmer)
Tuesday February 05th 2008, 1:38 am

Editor’s note: On Nov.. 22, the Bush administration pledged not to make a planned National Animal Identification System mandatory. However, that has not derailed movement toward a voluntary tracking system. [News Source]

COMMUNITY NEWS (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Tuesday February 05th 2008, 12:55 am

Browse articles that have been published online at Gazettetimes.com. You can browse the last 14 days or click below to perform an advanced archive search going further back. [News Source]