Texas mad cow scare only a rumor (El Campo Leader-News) TSCRA is working with state agriculture groups to quell rumors that a case of BSE, or mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) was discovered in Texas. A case of BSE has not been discovered in the state. [News Source]

Rumors rock cattle market . Rumors linking mad cow disease and Amarillo stung national cattle markets this week. [News Source]

Elk disease moves West . Many in the conservation community have suggested that the artificial feeding of big game animals—especially prevalent in Wyoming—may be leading to increased levels of chronic wasting disease. [News Source]

Will mad cow prevention mean pollution? (MSNBC) A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could lead to cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs and polluting the water. [News Source]

New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own (AP via Yahoo! News) A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water. [News Source]

New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own (Centre Daily Times) A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own - thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms. [News Source]

New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own (Las Vegas Sun) Fri, Nov 21, 2008 (12:15 p.m.) A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water. [News Source]

New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own (The Charlotte Observer) (By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press Writer) A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water. At issue is a Food and Drug Administration rule, set to take effect in April, that will prohibit the use of ... [News Source]

New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own (The State) A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water. At issue is a Food and Drug Administration rule, set to take effect in April, that will prohibit the use of the brains and spinal cords of older cattle as ... [News Source]