New case of vCJD found in Britain (Times Online) The first case of a person infected with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) from contaminated blood plasma will be confirmed today. [News Source]

R-CALF Editorial (CattleNetwork.com) Billings, Mont. – Jordan Valley, Ore. – In 1999, R-CALF USA was formed as a nonprofit membership organization to ensure the continued profitability and viability of the U.S. cattle industry. We represent thousands of U.S. cattle producers on trade and marketing issues. [News Source]

Pet problems can mean people problems (University News) Be careful what your pets eat. This could sound like very familiar, old advice from your mom begging you not to put dirt in your dog's mouth anymore. It could even sound ugly, but wait until you read - the difference is you are no longer 5 years old. [News Source]

USDA puts employees on leave amid drug allegations (AG Weekly) DES MOINES, Iowa - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has placed 19 employees at a laboratory campus in central Iowa on paid leave after allegations that some used veterinary credentials to purchase low-cost medications for human use. [News Source]

End of cow-carcass collections delayed (Lancaster Online) A rendering company has delayed its plan to stop collecting some 7,000 dead cows each year at Lancaster County farms.Valley Proteins, which is the main renderer of dead cattle here, had planned to end its decades-long practice of collecting bovine on local farms on March 1.That decision, made last y... [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]

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]