Elks pave the way for BSE research (Calgary Sun) Coralling a live test for mad cow disease that would revolutionize the battle against the scourge is within reach, say local researchers. [News Source]

Blood test may screen for mad cow disease: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Researchers in Canada have developed a blood test that can diagnose fatal chronic wasting disease in elk, and believe it may provide a cheap way to screen cattle for mad cow disease. [News Source]

Blood test may screen for mad cow disease - study (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Researchers in Canada have developed a blood test that can diagnose fatal chronic wasting disease in elk, and believe it may ... [News Source]

B.C. dairy cow found to have mad cow disease (Global TV Maritimes) OTTAWA -- The latest case of mad cow disease has been confirmed in a dairy cow from British Columbia, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday. [News Source]

Blood Test for ‘Mad Cow’ Disease May Be Near (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) THURSDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- A simple, inexpensive DNA blood test may be able to detect "mad cow" disease in live cattle months before they show any clinical signs of the disease, according to a Canadian-led team of researchers. [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]

Calgary researchers discover gene sequences that could lead to live BSE test (Calgary Sun) University of Calgary researchers may be closer to a test for BSE after painstakingly picking out genetic differences brought about by the devastating disease. [News Source]

The Fives: Wrongly convicted cows, bruising bulls and computer generated bovines make it big (Rapid City Journal) The Black Hills Stock Show is in town, opening with some horse events today out at the fairgrounds and springing to life Friday at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. In honor of what we at the Journal call the "Cowboy Rally," I dedicate today's column to the stock show and it's lifeblood, cows. [News Source]

Rockland A.M. report (The Journal News) Today: Right lane Westchester-bound closed from milepost 16.1 to 13.1, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. [News Source]

FROZEN EMOTIONS (Orlando Weekly) In the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, the young and enraptured lovers – he, the son of a muse; she, a beautiful wood nymph – become separated by Eurydice’s early death and her subsequent journey to the underworld. [News Source]