MCOT Public Company Limited.2008 (MCOT - English News By Thai News Agency) SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will restart negotiations with Canada on beef imports this week after a one-year hiatus, government officials said Sunday, with Seoul widely expected to reopen its market. [News Source]

Brains pay in BSE research (North Queensland Register) The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries has doubled the money being offered for cattle and sheep brains, which are used to help prove Australia is free of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Not All Vets Treat Pets — For Some It’s About Homeland Security (Carteret County News-Times) (ARA) - Anthrax. Biological attacks. Exotic diseases. These and many other issues are making headlines as the world we live in seems to get smaller and smaller. Yet there is a dedicated group of scientists who are confronting these, and many other, threats each and every day. [News Source]