CFIA Quarantines Elk Herd in Saskatchewan

Chronic wasting disease has been found in an elk herd in Saskatchewan, a province of Canada. "REGINA - A large elk farm in Saskatchewan is under quarantine and its animals are to be destroyed after a case of...

Some Cases of Mad Cow Disease May Be From Gene Mutation

The outbreak of mad cow disease in the UK during the '80s changed the way that cattle are tracked and shipped.  We no longer have available many organ meats previously available, notably brains.  Some...

Mad cow disease may be misdiagnosed as dementia or Alzheimers

"He backs this statement up with research findings from Yale University and the University of Pittsburgh."

Bush administration fights to prevent testing for mad cow diease

If I said that the Bush administration doesn't want to require meatpackers to test ALL cattle for mad cow disease, many would say I'm wrong, and that I'm just irrationally demonizing the administration.But the...

Mad Bull

"BSE confirmed in Alberta bull BSE case #9. Again from Alberta; preliminary findings suggest the bull was born and raised in Alberta. Which is because of this;The Real Story of Alberta's BSE Crisisclick no link below to read the whole story"

Scientist warns of new CJD outbreak

"A second wave of variant CJD cases could be on the way, scientists have warned.Professor John Collinge has"

Canada Suspected of Mad Cow

Daily News "The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is testing the remains of a dairy cow from Alberta suspected of having bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease. An initial set of tests failed to rule out the possibility the 4-year-old cow died of BSE."

Canada finds 6th case of mad cow disease

"AP - Canada confirmed on Tuesday its sixth case of mad cow disease and said it would investigate where the cow was born and what other animals may have eaten the same feed."

Mad cow case in B.C. confirmed

"Federal officials have confirmed a new case of mad cow disease — the fifth in Canada since screening began three years ago. A six-year-old dairy cow from British Columbia tested positive for bovine...

Case of mad cow disease in Canada confirmed

"Reuters - Tests have confirmed that a six-year-old dairy cow in the Canadian province of British Columbia suffered from mad cow disease, the government said on Sunday."

Mad cow reported in Alabama

"A cow in Alabama has tested positive for mad cow disease, officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Monday."

U.S. probes possible mad cow case

"The U.S Department of Agriculture is investigating a possible case of mad cow disease, formally known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The agency received an inconclusive test result on Friday,...

Canadian claims to have developed world's first blood test for brain diseases

"A Canadian neuroscientist claimed to have developed the world's first simple blood test to detect brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and says it may be available within...

The Real Story of Alberta's BSE Crisis

The Death Of Alberta Packing Houses,Lack Of Feedlot Inspections, And Privatization, Led To The BSE CrisisAgribusiness and its friends in the Klein government are directly responsible for the BSE crisis we now...

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