vCJD carrier risk ‘overestimated’ (BBC News) Far fewer people may have the human form of mad cow disease in the UK than previously feared, Health Protection Agency researchers say. [News Source]

vCJD carrier risk ‘overestimated’ (BBC News) Far fewer people may have the human form of mad cow disease in the UK than previously feared, experts say. [News Source]

Ranchers tell USDA why they oppose animal ID plan (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) BC-US--Farm Scene-Animal ID,0701 Ranchers tell USDA why they oppose animal ID plan Eds: Moving on general news and financial services. By SHANNON DININNY Associated Press Writer PASCO, Wash. (AP) -- Just 36 percent of ranchers are taking part in a federal program started five years ago to trace livestock in the event of a disease outbreak. [News Source]

Art: On the lighter side (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) Opening today: Can we toot a horn for a colleague? Star Tribune cartoonist Steve Sack has been toiling in the cubby holes of the newspaper's editorial offices for three decades, making fun of politicians' follies, lousy weather, bad economies, takeovers, makeovers and probably even fishing openers. [News Source]

Ranchers dislike animal tracking pro gram (Tulsa World) They tell U.S. officials it's costly and ineffective. PASCO, Wash. — Just 36 percent of ranchers are taking part in a federal program started five years ago to trace livestock in the event of a disease outbreak. [News Source]