California’s new downer cow ban faces court challenges. Meat industry groups have challenged a new state law banning the sale or distribution of food made from livestock too ill or weak to stand. [News Source]

‘PD diary’ case must not end here. Lim Soo-bin, the senior prosecutor of the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office who has been investigating staff at MBC’s “PD Diary” program for exaggerating the dangers of U.S. beef, is apparently minded to resign. [News Source]

Researchers may soon be able to conduct live BSE test. A small squirt of blood may soon be enough to confirm the genetic signs of mad cow disease long before an animal begins to show symptoms. [News Source]

Quick, cheap test for mad cow. North American and German researchers announced a breakthrough on Friday toward a cheap, fast blood test for BSE, or so-called 'mad cow disease' in livestock. [News Source]

Blood test may screen for mad cow disease. Researchers in Canada have developed a blood test that can diagnose fatal chronic wasting disease in elk, and they believe the test may provide a cheap way to screen cattle for mad cow disease. [News Source]

Mad Cow Theatre’s ‘Eurydice’ is a story of loss, but the heartbreak is sweet (Orlando Sentinel) Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice is a slip of a thing — as spare and elegant as the skeleton of a Greek temple or the mythical maiden who gave the play its name. [News Source]

Blood Test for ‘Mad Cow’ Disease May Be Near (MedicineNet.com) Title: Blood Test for 'Mad Cow' Disease May Be Near Category: Health News Created: 1/30/2009 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 1/30/2009 [News Source]

Livestock Highlights: Russian Pork, US Hogs, Ebola, Mad Cow Disease (CattleNetwork.com) KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)--U.S. hog producers may be taking some comfort in more stable production costs, but recent declines in lean hog futures have narrowed the profit outlook for this spring and summer. [News Source]

Blood test for mad cow disease may be closer (TODAYonline) A 2003 photo of quarantined dairy cows at the Sunny Dene ranch in Mabton, Washington, during an investigation of mad cow disease. North American and German researchers announced a breakthrough Friday toward a cheap, fast blood test for BSE, in livestock. [News Source]

Researchers may soon be able to conduct live BSE test. A small squirt of blood may soon be enough to confirm the genetic signs of mad cow disease long before an animal begins to show symptoms. [News Source]