NH investigates possible death from rare disease (Boston Globe) New Hampshire health officials are investigating whether a Jeffrey woman died of a rare illness related to mad cow disease. [News Source]

Cow Caper on SA’s NE Side Brings out the Cowboys (WOAI San Antonio) On Friday evening police are searching NE San Antonio fields looking for Elsie, the "Borden" cow. And that’s no bull. [News Source]

Transgenics sweep nation. One year ago, the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) displaced the United States as the world´s largest grain producer, bolstered by growing global demand for transgenic grains, particularly soy for animal feed. [News Source]

Michael Markarian: We Need Change Animals Can Believe In (HuffingtonPost) it's the Agriculture post that perhaps holds the greatest promise for -- and the greatest threat to -- animal welfare. [News Source]

Officials Investigate Whether Death Linked To Rare Brain Disease (WMUR New Hampshire) JAFFREY, N.H. -- New Hampshire health officials are investigating whether a Jaffrey woman died of a rare illness related to mad cow disease. [News Source]

NH investigates possible death from rare disease (WCAX-TV Vermont) Associated Press - November 14, 2008 2:05 PM ET JAFFREY, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire health officials are investigating whether a Jeffrey woman died of a rare illness related to mad cow... [News Source]

National CJD Surveillance Unit Publishes 16th Annual Report For 2007 And Scientific Report, UK (Medical News Today) The Sixteenth Annual Report of the National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit (NCJDSU) is published today. The report looks back over the period from May 1990 (when the Unit was set up) to 31 December 2007. The report outlines the Unit's work in the clinical surveillance of variant (vCJD), sporadic and iatrogenic CJD. [News Source]