University of Calgary team come up with mad cow test (National Post) Scientists at the University of Calgary have developed what they say is a simple and inexpensive blood test to detect bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, in live animals [News Source]

Beefonomics: Cargill Meat Solutions Turns Trash to Cash (Fast Company Magazine) How Cargill Meat Solutions is winning over grocers, consumers, and its employees -- and driving growth -- with its first entry into the branded beef business. [News Source]

Beefonomics: Cargill Meat Solutions Turns Trash to Cash (Fast Company Magazine) How Cargill Meat Solutions is winning over grocers, consumers, and its employees -- and driving growth -- with its first entry into the branded beef business. [News Source]

University of Calgary team come up with mad cow test (National Post) Scientists at the University of Calgary have developed what they say is a simple and inexpensive blood test to detect bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, in live animals [News Source]

University of Calgary team come up with mad cow test (National Post) Scientists at the University of Calgary have developed what they say is a simple and inexpensive blood test to detect bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, in live animals [News Source]

Ireland EPA licences for animal feed plants recommended. The Environmental Protection Agency should take control of licensing plants that process waste human food for use as animal feed, an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday. [News Source]

Live test for mad cow disease discovered at U of C (Montreal Gazette) Scientists at the University of Calgary have discovered what they say is a simple and inexpensive blood test to detect bovine spongiform encephalopathy in live animals. [News Source]

Customer Service (Brandon Sun) CALGARY - 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]

New research puts blood test for BSE in sight: Calgary scientist (CBC) A team including researchers from the University of Calgary has identified the gene sequences associated with BSE in cows, a finding that they say could soon lead to the development of a cost-effective screening for the disease. [News Source]

New research puts blood test for BSE in sight: Calgary scientist (CBC Calgary) A team including researchers from the University of Calgary has identified the gene sequences associated with BSE in cows, a finding that they say could soon lead to the development of a cost-effective screening for the disease. [News Source]