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Blood bank will let 16-year-olds donate 23 Nov 2005
Blood donors are screened for HIV and other infectious diseases. And whole groups of potential donors have been declared off-limits because of mad-cow disease. ...
- Orlando Sentinel,
Hunters stopped at ag station checkpoint 23 Nov 2005
...disease. State officials are trying to prevent the syndrome, which is similar to mad cow disease, from spreading to California. ...
- Sierra Sun (subscription),
Bird Flu Scare Doesn’t Hamper Turkey Sales 23 Nov 2005
...poultry products,� Sherwood said. He says the situation is similar to the mad cow disease scare of recent years. At Village Market ...
- Southern Pines Pilot,
Going public: Commentary from the Food Safety Network 23 Nov 2005
For example, awareness and concern regarding bovine spongiform encephalapathy (mad cow disease) has increased dramatically since 1996, along with an increase ...
- Food Consumer,
The media helps you be thankful 23 Nov 2005
I’ve never heard the words: “Give me your wallet, or I’ll shoot.�. • I haven’t been afflicted with AIDS, Mad Cow disease or avian flu. ...
- Lynchburg News and Advance,
Some Japanese wary of US beef 23 Nov 2005
Japan has banned Canadian and US beef imports since mad cow disease, formally known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, was discovered in Canada in May 2003 ...
- Billings Gazette,
Quirky comments contribute to Rasputina's unusual shows 23 Nov 2005
...performances. Topics have included everything from the increase in government implants in humans to the dangers of mad cow disease. ...
- Arizona Daily Star,
Gelatin plant announces job cuts 23 Nov 2005
20 percent of its local work force -- are the result of increased international competition, rising energy costs and increased concerns about mad cow disease. ...
- WQAD,
FOOD TRADITION BACK AT FIESTA 23 Nov 2005
...made from the tubing that connects the two stomachs in cattle, was ordered off the market in January 2004 because of a possible connection with mad cow disease ...
- Fort Worth Star Telegram,
Second case of human mad cow disease or vCJD found in Texas Nov 21, 2005
...vCJD. He probably is the second victim of the human form of mad cow disease in the US, meatingplace.com reported on Nov. 21. Eating ...
- Food Consumer,
Neurologist warns of mad cow disease Nov 19, 2005
A prominent neurologist has urged authorities to be prepared for a possible outbreak of mad cow disease in humans, saying it could begin to manifest itself in ...
- Bangkok Post,
Deer version of Mad Cow Disease feared Nov 16, 2005
...hunting season opening throughout the Northeast, it is now illegal to transport deer into Connecticut from New York due to a deer version of Mad Cow Disease. ...
- WTNH,
Government will maintain higher testing for mad cow disease Nov 11, 2005
WASHINGTON – The government plans to maintain indefinitely its faster level of testing for mad cow disease, rather than scaling back testing in December as ...
- San Diego Union Tribune,
Report finds flaws in mad cow disease-related testing Nov 9, 2005
...slow at times to prevent cattle from eating feed that might be contaminated, just one flaw they cited in a program to help stop mad cow disease from spreading. ...
- USA Today
Study to Investigate Impact of Chronic Wasting Disease on Humans Nov 22, 2005
Recently discovered in both wild and captive deer herds in New York, CWD is similar to mad cow disease in that it concentrates in the spinal cord and brain ...
- Newswise (press release)
Report finds flaws in mad cow disease-related testing program Nov 10, 2005
By LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer. Feed safeguards are the most important firewall against mad cow disease, said Sen. Tom Harkin ...
- Casa Grande Valley Newspapers,
Government will maintain higher testing for mad cow disease Nov 11, 2005
WASHINGTON The government probably isn't going to scale back on testing for mad cow disease this year. With the Japanese market ...
- WHO-TV,
FDA Mad Cow Testing too Slow to Catch Disease - GAO Nov 9, 2005
WASHINGTON - By the time the US government completes its tests of cattle feed, it may be too late to prevent the spread of mad cow disease, according to a ...
- Planet Ark,
Mad cow disease testing 'flawed' Nov 9, 2005
By Janet St. James ? WFAA News. Government investigators say the Food and Drug Administration's program to stop "mad cow disease" or BSE is flawed. ...
- WFAA (subscription),
Report faults testing of feed to prevent mad cow disease Nov 10, 2005
The government started testing livestock feed two years ago to ensure that mills were following rules to prevent the spread of mad cow disease, but officials ...
- DesMoinesRegister.com,
Research suggests prions - cause of mad cow diseases - may be ... Nov 20, 2005
TSEs are the class of diseases that includes bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease; chronic wasting disease, which affects wild ruminants ...
- Canada.com,
Japanese panel on mad cow disease delays decision on US beef ban Oct 24, 2005
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese panel on mad cow disease delayed a decision on whether to ease a two-year-old ban on US beef imports on Monday, a panel member said. ...
- Canada.com,
Health Highlights: Nov. 22, 2005 Nov 22, 2005
The second documented US case of the human form of mad cow disease has been confirmed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...
- Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),
mad cow disease Oct 26, 2005
Mad cow disease is one of several similar fatal brain diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or TSEs. The ...
- Consumer Reports (subscription)
RFID to limit Mad Cow disease? Oct 23, 2005
Outbreaks of foot and mouth disease, mad cow disease and avian flu, plus contamination recalls and bioterrorism are driving strict new legislation on food ...
- supply chain review,
Theory: Mad cow disease may have come from humans Oct 28, 2005
LONDON (AP) – A new theory proposes that mad cow disease may have come from feeding British cattle meal contaminated with human remains infected with a ...
- Capital Press (subscription),
Cattle Alert: Austrian Cow Tested For Mad Cow Disease Oct 28, 2005
...slaughterhouse temporarily shut down and underwent intense disinfecting procedures after a steer suspected of being infected with mad cow disease was killed as ...
- CattleNetwork.com,
Austria: Mad cow disease found Oct 28, 2005
Vienna - A case of mad cow disease was found in a slaughterhouse in Salzburg in central Austria, veterinary officials said on Friday. ...
- News24,
Ill timing, a mad-cow disease that failed to fully illuminate Nov 4, 2005
Monday night, I motored to the Regal theaters in Winter Park to see Everything Is Illuminated, an understated road picture about a young man who travels to ...
- Orlando Sentinel,
Editorial: Riding herd against mad-cow -- or not Nov 19, 2005
Nearly two years after authorities discovered the first American case of mad-cow disease, members of Congress are still asking troubling questions about the ...
- Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),
Maine Farmers Urged To Join Animal ID Program Nov 22, 2005
With the nation's first case of mad cow disease fresh on his mind, State Veterinarian Don Hoenig is beginning Maine's Animal Identification Program by focusing ...
- WCSH-TV,
US officials to seek lifting all mad cow restrictions on Canadian ... Nov 16, 2005
The restrictions, in place since Canada's first case of mad cow disease was disclosed in 2003, were eased earlier this year to allow younger cattle to enter ...
- CBC News,
US Will Maintain Higher Mad Cow Testing Nov 11, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government plans to maintain indefinitely its faster level of testing for mad cow disease, rather than scaling back testing in December ...
- Guardian Unlimited,
US aims to lift mad cow-related restrictions on Canadian cattle Nov 16, 2005
The restrictions have been in place since Canada's first case of mad cow disease was reported in 2003, though they were eased earlier this year to allow ...
- WHBF,
US Lifting Mad Cow Restrictions From Canada Nov 16, 2005
...with the disease. The limits have been in place since Canada's first case of mad cow disease was reported in 2003. Earlier this ...
- WRAL.com,
Officials are probing if man's death linked to wasting disease Nov 22, 2005
...have contracted CJD from contact with a deer infected with chronic wasting disease, a similarly lethal brain disorder sometimes referred to as mad cow disease. ...
- Salt Lake Tribune,
AIT director Paal urges Taiwan to move on US beef Nov 22, 2005
...embasssy,yesterday again urged Taiwan to lift the import ban on US beef, which the nation's authorities imposed over concerns about mad cow disease, and move ...
- Taipei Times,
Research suggests prions - cause of mad cow diseases - may be ... Nov 17, 2005
TSEs are the class of diseases that includes bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease; chronic wasting disease, which infects wild ruminants ...
- Canada.com,
Congressional investigators see flaws in US mad cow feed ... Nov 9, 2005
...at times to prevent cattle from eating feed that might be contaminated, just one flaw they cited in the US program to help stop mad cow disease from spreading. ...
- Canada.com,
US aims to lift mad cow restrictions on Canadian cattle Nov 16, 2005
WASHINGTON The Bush administration intends to lift all mad cow disease-related restrictions on Canadian cattle in the next year. ...
- Team 4 News,
US Plans To Lift Mad Cow Restrictions On Canadian Cattle Nov 16, 2005
The Bush administration intends to lift all mad cow disease-related restrictions on Canadian cattle in the next year, the US Department of Agriculture said ...
- KWTX,
High-level testing for mad cow to be maintained Nov 12, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The government plans to maintain indefinitely its faster level of testing for mad cow disease, rather than scaling back testing next month as ...
- Boston Globe,
Wildlife Officials Checking Deer Carcasses Nov 22, 2005
...eating the brains. Chronic wasting disease attacks the brains of infected deer and elk. It is in the same family as mad cow disease.
- WTOV9.com,
Korea to Resume US Beef Imports Nov 20, 2005
Korea and other Asian countries delayed the resumption of US beef imports after the US government confirmed the second case of mad cow disease last June. ...
- Korea Times,
British man contracts mad cow in US Nov 22, 2005
Federal health officials say a man from Great Britain has been diagnosed with the human form of mad cow disease. The Centers for ...
- ABC12.com,
Veterinarians play a role in preventing epidemics Nov 22, 2005
Whether its terrorist attacks, avian flu, mad cow disease, or germ warfare, there's much to think about each night when we turn out the lights. ...
- Daily Press,
US Will Continue Faster Testing For Mad Cow Disease Nov 11, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP)--The US government plans to indefinitely maintain its faster level of testing for mad-cow disease, rather than scaling back testing in December ...
- CattleNetwork.com,
Government will maintain higher testing for mad cow disease Nov 11, 2005
...decision. The United States' first case of mad cow disease was confirmed in December 2003 in a Canadian-born cow in Washington state. ...
- WHO-TV,
Government Will Maintain Higher Testing For Mad Cow Disease Nov 11, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The government plans to maintain indefinitely its faster level of testing for mad cow disease, rather than scaling back testing in December ...
- KOTV,
Mad-cow feed testing is flawed, report states Nov 10, 2005
Government investigators say testing is too slow at times to prevent cattle from eating feed that might be contaminated by mad-cow disease, just one flaw they ...
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription),
MAD COW OR BIRD FLU? Nov 10, 2005
...which was then used in animal feed, and thereby transmitted to cattle, who then began to exhibit signs of what was then diagnosed as … mad cow disease! ...
- Free Market News Network,
Chemical Farm Nov 22, 2005
In today's beef case, however, European eating habits are considerably more scrupulous, the threat of mad cow disease hangs over every hamburger, and the ...
- AlterNet,
Suber: Fears founded for foot-and-mouth Nov 22, 2005
He was among many American observers a few years back when Britain suffered its horrors wrought mostly by FMD and some by mad cow disease, a brain wasting ...
- Topeka Capital Journal (subscription),
Sheep may be able to transmit mad cow Nov 18, 2005
TSEs include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. The research was published this month in Nature Medicine.
- Toronto Sun,
State ag plans meetings about animal identification program Nov 20, 2005
The ability to trace animals from birth to slaughter became crucial following the discovery of mad cow disease in a Mabton dairy cow in December 2003. ...
- Seattle Post Intelligencer
State plans livestock ID meetings Nov 21, 2005
The ability to trace animals from birth to slaughter became crucial after the discovery of mad-cow disease in December 2003 in a dairy cow near Mabton, Yakima ...
- Seattle Times,
US to Lift Mad Cow Restrictions Nov 16, 2005
The US will lift all mad cow disease related restrictions on Canadian cattle over the next year. <> The restrictions were put in ...
- 580 CFRA Radio,
MAD COW DISEASE Canadian cattle trade flows, but not as fast as ... Oct 25, 2005
It hasn't been the flood some US ranchers had feared, and remains below levels seen before the case of mad cow disease that led to the ban two years ago ...
- Santa Fe New Mexican,
Conservationists Call for Wyoming Elk Feeding Reforms Nov 21, 2005
...on feedgrounds has left elk in the Greater Yellowstone area extremely vulnerable to chronic wasting disease, the elk equivalent of “mad cow� disease. ...
- Earth Justice,
Deere Reports Fourth-Quarter Earnings Of $233 Million Nov 22, 2005
...programs, international reaction to such programs, animal diseases (including bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as "mad cow" disease and avian ...
- MSN Money
On this day Nov 22, 2005
...beef. The ban was imposed after experts announced a possible link between "mad cow" disease and a fatal disease in humans. 1999 ...
- Advertiser Adelaide,
US officials aim for spring on easing trade rules for older ... Nov 16, 2005
Trade in younger cows, thought to be at lower risk for contracting mad cow disease, resumed in July for the first time since Canada's first mad cow was ...
- CBC News,
Report: Flaws in Mad Cow Testing Nov 9, 2005
WASHINGTON, DC-November 9, 2005 - Government investigators say the Food and Drug Administration's program to stop mad cow disease has problems. ...
- 6abc.com,
Report Finds Flaws In Mad Cow Testing Program Nov 9, 2005
Government investigators say the Food and Drug Administration's program to stop mad cow disease has problems. They say one flaw ...
- KELOLAND TV,
US to continue higher rate of mad-cow tests Nov 12, 2005
...based Tyson Foods Inc. before the United States’ first case of mad-cow disease was confirmed in December 2003. In response to ...
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription),
US aims to lift mad cow-related restrictions on Canadian cattle Nov 16, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration intends to lift all mad cow disease-related restrictions on Canadian cattle in the next year, the Agriculture ...
- In-Forum (subscription),
US Will Maintain Higher Mad Cow Testing Nov 11, 2005
Washington (AP) - The government plans to maintain indefinitely its faster level of testing for mad cow disease (news) , rather than scaling back testing in ...
- WJLA,
US Will Maintain Higher Mad Cow Testing Nov 11, 2005
November 11,2005 | WASHINGTON -- The government plans to maintain indefinitely its faster level of testing for mad cow disease, rather than scaling back ...
- Salon
GeneThera Recaps Milestone Ladened Q3; BSE/Mad Cow Live Animal ... Oct 24, 2005
Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) and variant forms such as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), generally referred to as Mad Cow Disease, variant Creutzfeldt ...
- Genetic Engineering News,
US officials to seek lifting all mad cow restrictions on Canadian ... Nov 16, 2005
A prohibition has remained on Canadian animals older than 30 months. Levels of infection from mad cow disease are thought to increase with age. ...
- Canada East,
GAO reports flaws in mad cow feed testing Nov 10, 2005
...is too slow at times to prevent cattle eating any that might be contaminated, just one flaw they cited in a program to help stop mad cow disease from spreading ...
- Lincoln Journal Star,
US Hopes To Ease Canada Cattle Trade Rules Within Next Year Nov 16, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP)--The Bush administration hopes to lift remaining mad cow disease-related restrictions on Canadian cattle within the next year, the Agriculture ...
- CattleNetwork.com,
US Will Maintain Higher Mad Cow Testing Nov 11, 2005
WASHINGTON Nov 11, 2005 — The government plans to maintain indefinitely its faster level of testing for mad cow disease, rather than scaling back testing in ...
- ABC News
Feds Say You Have To Register Your Animals Nov 21, 2005
The signup is part of the National Animal Identification Program, designed to quickly track animals in case an illness such as mad cow disease breaks out. ...
- CBS 5 - Green Bay,
Investigators Find Flaws In Mad Cow Testing Program Nov 9, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration's program to stop mad cow disease has problems, according to government investigators. ...
- WPBF Channel.com,
Most Of Herd Slaughtered Before Texas Mad Cow Inquiry Began Nov 2, 2005
Texas researchers tracking a herd linked to the nation’s first domestic case of mad cow disease found most of the herd had been slaughtered before federal ...
- KWTX,
Zoonotic diseases continue to increase Nov 20, 2005
...such as salmonella, shigella, E. coli and tapeworms, though does not reduce the risk of acquiring bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also called mad cow disease ...
- EastOregonian.info (subscription),
INDUSTRY REPORT: Agriculture -- Mad cow tests continue Nov 12, 2005
The federal government plans to maintain indefinitely its faster level of testing for mad cow disease, rather than scaling back testing in December as ...
- Detroit Free Press,
USDA may speed up older cattle trade with Canada Nov 16, 2005
DeHaven said. Cattle trade was interrupted in 2003 following discoveries of the deadly mad cow disease in each nation. After months ...
- Metro Toronto,
Mad Cow Specialist Buying Pfizer Unit Oct 24, 2005
Prionics, which calls itself the world leader in fast reliable tests for mad cow disease, said it will fully integrate the diagnostic tests into its product ...
- TheStreet.com
Mad cow tests in US won't let up Nov 12, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The government plans to maintain indefinitely its faster level of testing for mad cow disease, rather than scaling back in December as originally ...
- Edmonton Sun,
A Loca Business Announces Layoffs Nov 22, 2005
The company says a lot of countries are concerned about the threat of mad-cow disease in the US, and that has reduced the number of countries willing to buy ...
- KTIV,
IL Commodity Conference Roundup Nov 22, 2005
Canada. He said Canada has now become self-sufficient in meat processing because of the recent controversy over mad cow disease. ...
- Illinois Farm Bureau,
Smith outlines his congressional views for Third District Nov 22, 2005
...ethanol production. He also supports an animal identification program and selective testing of cattle for mad cow disease. He called ...
- Grand Island Independent,
Most cattle in sick cow's herd slaughtered Nov 2, 2005
DALLAS - State researchers tracking the herd associated with the nation's first domestic case of mad cow disease found that most of the cattle were slaughtered ...
- Miami Herald,
France records 15 cases of mad cow's human form since 1996 Nov 3, 2005
A total of 15 cases of the human form of mad cow disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), have been recorded in France since the malady first ...
- TODAYonline,
Mad cow scare dries up exports, endangers Tama packer 03 Oct 2005
But a series of events, namely the mad cow disease scare and the subsequent closing of export markets, led to its untimely demise. ...
- Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier,
Bush-Koizumi talks eyed for mid-November in Japan 03 Oct 2005
The Bush-Koizumi talks are being arranged amid mounting tension over Japan's reluctance to lift its ban on American beef from concerns over mad cow disease. ...
- Mainichi Daily News,
Pike Place visit isn’t only way to see a fish fly Seafood market ... 03 Oct 2005
...restaurants. And concern over mad cow disease and various poultry diseases and sanitation issues raised the demand for seafood. ...
- TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),
China experiments with body parts 03 Oct 2005
...injectable product, could be a potential source of contamination with HIV and other blood-borne viruses or even Variant CJD, the human form of Mad Cow Disease ...
- Enter Stage Right,
Lingering shadow of mad-cow disease Oct 1, 2005
...proclaiming that variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the human form—always fatal—of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad-cow disease, is on ...
- Manila Times,
FDA to tighten rules on mad cow disease Sep 20, 2005
WASHINGTON — The United States will close a gap in its defense against mad cow disease by changing feed regulations to mirror those in Canada, FDA ...
- Rutland Herald,
Mad Cow Disease Regulations Changed Sep 19, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The government will change its mad cow disease regulations to mirror those in Canada. The FDA commissioner, Lester ...
- KIROtv.com,
Mad cow disease regulations keep British meals on shelf Sep 22, 2005
...for Hurricane Katrina victims are stuck on shelves at an air base in Arkansas because of strict US regulations put in place after a mad cow disease scare. ...
- TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),
Softening mad cow rules criticised Sep 30, 2005
Weakening Australia's mad cow disease regulations would be an act of economic insanity that would compromise biosecurity, a leading trade analyst says. ...
- The Age (subscription),
Mad cow disease casts a shadow Sep 24, 2005
...that variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the human form -- always fatal -- of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or "Mad Cow Disease," is on the wane ...
- Taipei Times,
Mad-cow disease cause of villager's death? Sep 22, 2005
A SABDEN man has died just three months after doctors made a provisional diagnosis of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. An inquest has ...
- Clitheroe Today,
British duo probes origin of mad cow disease Sep 1, 2005
Human remains in cattle feed could have caused the first case of mad cow disease, two UK researchers propose. The hypothesis seeks ...
- Nature.com (subscription),
Human remains theory for mad cow disease Sep 1, 2005
A new theory proposes that mad cow disease may have come from feeding British cattle with meal contaminated with human remains infected with a permutation of ...
- The Age (subscription),
'Mad cow' disease may have come from humans Sep 1, 2005
LONDON - A new theory proposes that mad cow disease may have come from feeding British cattle meal contaminated with human remains infected with a variation of ...
- China Daily,
Theory links mad cow disease to funerals Sep 1, 2005
Dead bodies washed ashore in India may have contaminated animal feed that was exported to the United Kingdom, triggering mad cow disease, scientists say. ...
- ABC Online,
UK study blames India for mad cow disease Sep 1, 2005
London, September 2: Mad cow disease may have originated from animal feed contaminated with human remains washed ashore after being floated downriver in Indian ...
- Expressindia.com,
New Theory on How Mad Cow Disease Started Sep 1, 2005
1, 2005 -- A new theory on the origins of mad cow disease is sparking debate in The Lancet. The theory traces the seeds of mad cow disease back to humans. ...
- WebMD
Did mad cow disease come from human remains? Sep 2, 2005
BY EMMA ROSS. LONDON -- A new theory proposes that mad cow disease may have come from feeding cattle meal contaminated with infected human remains. ...
- Chicago Sun-Times,
Mad cow disease may come from people, not animals Sep 1, 2005
New theory proposes that mad cow disease may have come from feeding British cattle with meal contaminated with human remains infected with a permutation of the ...
- Pravda,
New theory traces mad cow disease to animal feed exported from ... Sep 5, 2005
ELEANOR HALL: A new theory on the origins of mad cow disease has ignited a row between Britain and India. The research published ...
- ABC Online,
HEALTH: Mad-cow disease came from South Asia Sep 4, 2005
The epidemic of mad-cow disease that struck Europe originated in exports of animal feed and bones from South Asia that included human remains scavenged from ...
- Daily Times,
India source of mad cow disease: Study Sep 3, 2005
Mad cow disease may have originated from animal feed contaminated with human remains washed ashore after being floated downriver in Indian funerals, British ...
- Hindustan Times,
Did mad cow disease originate in the subcontinent?:- Sep 2, 2005
British researchers have said that the mad cow disease may owe its origins to the human remains in cattle feed imported from the subcontinent. ...
- Webindia123,
Human remains cause of Mad Cow Disease? Sep 5, 2005
A British professor’s theory that the mysterious Mad Cow Disease was the result of feed from India that contained human remains has sparked a flurry of ...
- ISN,
Feed made of human remains may cause mad cow disease Sep 2, 2005
A new theory explaining the origin of mad cow disease is proposed in this week's issue of The Lancet by Alan Colchester from University of Kent, UK and Nancy ...
- Food Consumer,
Mad cow disease findings 'surprise' Sep 8, 2005
...scientists have discovered size matters when it comes to strangely misshapen brain proteins and the deadly ailments they cause - including mad cow disease. ...
- Billings Gazette,
Mad Cow Disease Live Testing Facility Talks Progress between ... Sep 14, 2005
In line with its strategic direction to commercialize a live animal test for Mad Cow Disease and several other veterinary diseases, GeneThera (OTCBB:GTHA ...
- Genetic Engineering News,
Humans remains may cause mad cow disease Sep 3, 2005
Infected human remains in animal feed may have caused the first cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, the degenerative brain disease ...
- Waterbury Republican American,
India could be the source of Mad Cow disease Sep 5, 2005
According to British scientists, Mad Cow disease may have originated from animal feed contaminated with human remains washed ashore after being floated down ...
- News-Medical.net,
UK study blames India for mad cow disease Sep 2, 2005
LONDON: Mad cow disease may have originated from animal feed contaminated with human remains washed ashore after being floated downriver in Indian funerals ...
- siliconindia.com,
Blood Test To Detect Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease/Mad Cow Disease Sep 1, 2005
The test helps to detect the proteins that cause Mad Cow disease, raising hopes that people could be screened for the human form of the condition, Creutzfeldt ...
- MedIndia,
Controversial Theory Suggests 'Mad Cow' Disease Originated With ... Sep 2, 2005
There may be strong evidence linking the origin of "mad cow" disease to human remains mixed into cattle feed, according to a controversial theory advanced by a ...
- HealthCentral.com
Regulate cremation ghats to tackle mad cow disease: Scientist:- Sep 2, 2005
A British medical scientist who has caused a storm by suggesting mad cow disease may have originated in unburnt Indian human remains says authorities in India ...
- Webindia123,
Regulate cremation ghats to tackle mad cow disease: Scientist: Sep 2, 2005
By Dipankar De Sarkar, London: A British medical scientist who has caused a storm by suggesting mad cow disease may have originated in unburnt Indian human ...
- NewKerala.com,
Mad Cow Disease Has Roots Traceable To Man Sep 2, 2005
Bovine feed, which has got traces of human remains, may be at the root of bovine spongiform encephalopathy or the mad cow disease. ...
- MedIndia,
Theory links mad cow disease to funerals Sep 2, 2005
Dead bodies washed ashore in India may have contaminated animal feed that was exported to the United Kingdom, triggering mad cow disease, scientists say... ...
- Borsa-Italia.Net,
Risk of mad cow disease to dental patients investigated Sep 13, 2005
Health protection experts have said they are investigating whether the human form of mad cow disease can be passed on through dental procedures... ...
- Borsa-Italia.Net,
Mad cow disease came from humans suggests new theory Sep 6, 2005
Mad cow disease may have originated from human remains mixed into cattle feed, according to a controversial new theory. The real ...
- Mongabay.com
Disturbing New Theory On Origin Of 'Mad Cow' Disease Sep 4, 2005
A new and disturbing theory about the possible origin of "mad cow" disease has been published, and states that the epidemic could have been caused by the ...
- Post Chronicle
A disturbing theory about mad-cow disease Sep 2, 2005
SUMMER is the newspapers' silly season, when even the most serious reporters tend towards the Man bites Dog school of journalism. ...
- Economist,
Ranchers Use Sensitivity Training to Fight Mad Cow Disease Sep 13, 2005
Unconfirmed sources report that the use of sensitivity training by US cattle ranchers has reduced the threat of Mad Cow disease. ...
- Unconfirmed Sources (satire)
mad cow disease Sep 7, 2005
But following the May 2003 discovery of mad cow disease across the border in Alberta, a legal challenge by Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund (a small Montana ...
- Center for Media and Democracy,
Denmark confirms 14th case of mad cow disease Sep 9, 2005
Denmark confirmed its 14th case of mad cow disease after a nine-year-old dairy cow in the northern Jutland region was found to have been infected with the brain ...
- TODAYonline,
Denmark confirms 14th case of mad cow disease Sep 9, 2005
COPENHAGEN - Denmark on Friday was cited by Agence France Presse as confirming its 14th case of mad cow disease after a nine-year-old dairy cow in the northern ...
- Food Consumer,
Govt could relax mad cow policy Sep 27, 2005
The federal government is considering watering down its tough policy on mad cow disease in a change that could allow the first beef imports from disease ...
- Ninemsn,
Agriculture secretary helping to develop nation's trade policy Oct 1, 2005
In a wide-ranging interview that also touched on farmland preservation and beef consumption scares caused by Mad Cow disease, Wolff explained the future he ...
- Uniontown Herald Standard,
How Now Mad Cow: Real Food Safety Concerns Sep 27, 2005
Mad cow disease has thousands turning up their noses at burgers. Meat sales are down, and moms don’t know whether they can take ...
- eDiets.com,
US beef official: Japan will take time Sep 29, 2005
...the Japanese government is weighing whether to lift the ban it imposed after the head of a cow in Washington state tested positive for mad cow disease in 2003. ...
- Seattle Post Intelligencer
Confused gobblers on hay and mad deer Oct 1, 2005
...serious note, Northern Illinois now has a serious problem with the chronic wasting disease in deer, which is the close cousin to "mad cow" disease in cattle. ...
- Baxter Bulletin,
Source of US domestic case of mad cow disease remains unclear Aug 30, 2005
30 (Xinhuanet) -- The US efforts to find out the source of the country's first home-made case of mad cow disease ina Texas-born beef cow have failed so far as ...
- Xinhua,
Doctors worry about mad cow plans Sep 28, 2005
Doctors have expressed serious concerns about a plan to weaken mad cow disease regulations, as the beef industry closes ranks on the controversial proposal. ...
- Seven.com.au,
Government Closes Investigation Into Texas Mad Cow Disease Case Aug 31, 2005
Saying it can’t pin down how a Texas cow that was delivered dead to a Waco processing plant was infected with mad cow disease, the government has closed its ...
- KWTX,
A blood test for Mad Cow Disease Aug 31, 2005
...now, there has been no way to detect the incurable and always fatal variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), the human equivalent of BSE, or Mad Cow Disease. ...
- myDNA.com,
New Test may Spot Mad Cow-Type Disease in Blood Aug 29, 2005
...are developing a highly sensitive blood test for detecting prion particles, the infectious agents responsible for scrapie in sheep, mad cow disease, and the ...
- Planet Ark,
Test For Mad Cow Disease Is Here Aug 31, 2005
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) have found a method to detect the proteins in the blood that cause the “mad cow disease� in people. ...
- MedIndia,
They Call It PMS Because Mad Cow Disease Was Already Taken Aug 31, 2005
Premenstrual syndrome is an endocrine disorder characterized by nervous irritability, abnormal sensation in breasts, abdominal pain, thirst, headache and ...
- MedIndia,
Idaho confirms 3rd death from rare brain disease Sep 28, 2005
SALMON, Idaho, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Test results confirm a rare brain-wasting illness similar to mad cow disease claimed the life of a 53 year-old northern ...
- Reuters AlertNet,
State Department official calls Japanese ban on US beef ` ... Sep 30, 2005
...undersecretary of state for East Asia, told senators that Japan should resume imports that were suspended after the discovery of mad cow disease in Washington ...
- Longview Daily News,
Production tops 13.6 million lbs. Sep 30, 2005
...and Drug Administration Commissioner Lester Crawford warned this week that his agency will soon expand existing safeguards against mad cow disease by banning ...
- Capital Press (subscription),
T-bone steak may soon return to Europe's menus Sep 29, 2005
Italy's famous Fiorentina cut, may soon be back on Europe's menus as EU vets prepare to lift a four-year ban imposed over mad cow disease fears, officials said ...
- Reuters AlertNet,
Tighter Mad-Cow Feed Rules Coming in Days, FDA Says (Update1) Sep 19, 2005
19 (Bloomberg) -- The US may soon impose tighter limits on what cattle can eat as part of a government plan to reduce the risk of mad-cow disease and to revive ...
- Bloomberg
US goes tit-for-tat with Japan on mad cow Sep 22, 2005
Senator Ben Nelson, a farm state Democrat, said two US cases – compared with 20 in Japan – mean that mad-cow disease is statistically non-existent in the ...
- Globe and Mail,
Chronic wasting disease detected in Colorado moose Sep 29, 2005
Chronic wasting disease, a fatal and transmissible brain ailment similar to mad cow disease, has previously been found only in deer and elk in the wild. ...
- Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Moose Sep 29, 2005
Chronic wasting disease, a fatal and transmissible brain ailment similar to mad cow disease, has previously been found in several states and Canada only in ...
- Newsday,
Colorado moose tests for chronic wasting disease Sep 30, 2005
The fatal neurological disease eats away at the brains of infected animals and is similar to mad cow disease found in cattle or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in ...
- Reuters AlertNet,
Was Hitchcock right? Oct 1, 2005
Not to mention other zoonotic diseases such as plague (rodents, cats, rabbits, squirrels), tuberculosis and mad cow disease (cattle), hantavirus (rodents ...
- San Francisco Chronicle,
FDA vows to tighten mad-cow related feed ban Sep 20, 2005
WASHINGTON — The federal government will close a gap in the US defense against the spread of mad-cow disease by tightening feed regulations to mirror rules ...
- Arkansas Democrat Gazette,
US mad cow related ban to be tightened Sep 19, 2005
However, Canada has proposed regulations to ban at-risk tissues such as brains, spinal cords, and other parts that may carry mad cow disease from being used in ...
- Food Consumer,
Mad cow prompts tightening of rules on feed Sep 20, 2005
DC — The Bush administration will soon propose tightening animal feed regulations as a result of the nation's first domestic case of mad cow disease. ...
- DesMoinesRegister.com,
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Moose Sep 29, 2005
Chronic wasting disease, a fatal and transmissible brain ailment similar to mad cow disease (news) , has previously been found in several states and Canada ...
- WJLA,
Moose is 1st with wasting disease Sep 30, 2005
Chronic wasting disease, similar to mad cow disease, attacks the animals’ brains, causing them to become emaciated, lose fluids and die. ...
- Colorado Springs Gazette,
State orders deer farms to test for wasting disease Sep 29, 2005
The disease is not a threat to people. A similar disease that affects cows -- mad-cow disease -- also affects the nervous system. ...
- Patriot-News,
Facts about chronic wasting disease Sep 29, 2005
No cure exists. Scientists believe the disease might be caused by prions, which also cause mad-cow disease. Q: What are the signs of the disease? ...
- Patriot-News,
Assistance Needed To Monitor for Oregon CWD Sep 29, 2005
Although similar to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or "Mad Cow Disease", CWD is a disease of deer and elk and is not infective or transmissible to ...
- Buckmasters Online
New theory suggests mad cow disease may have come from humans Sep 1, 2005
LONDON (AP) -- A new theory proposes that mad cow disease may have come from feeding British cattle meal contaminated with human remains infected with a ...
- Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,
Mad Cow Disease Live Testing Facility Talks Progress between ... Sep 14, 2005
14, 2005--In line with its strategic direction to commercialize a live animal test for Mad Cow Disease and several other veterinary diseases, GeneThera (OTCBB ...
- Business Wire (press release),
Mad-Cow Related Ban to Be Tightened Sep 19, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government will close a gap in the US defense against the spread of mad cow disease by changing feed regulations to mirror those in Canada ...
- MSN Money
Mad-Cow Related Ban to Be Tightened Sep 19, 2005
WASHINGTON Sep 19, 2005 — The United States will close a gap in its defense against mad cow disease by changing feed regulations to mirror those in Canada ...
- ABC News
Mad-cow related ban to be tightened Sep 19, 2005
WASHINGTON - The United States will close a gap in its defense against mad cow disease by changing feed regulations to mirror those in Canada, FDA Commissioner ...
- Miami Herald,
New mad cow theory points to humans Sep 2, 2005
...that bone meal imported from the Indian subcontinent as cattle feed by Britain decades ago and contaminated by human remains may be to blame for mad cow disease ...
- Miami Herald,
US Beef Official: Japan Will Take Time Sep 29, 2005
Japanese government is weighing whether to lift the ban it imposed after the head of a cow in Washington state tested positive for mad cow disease (news) in ...
- WJLA,
UPDATE, THURSDAY, 7 PM: Grand Mesa moose relocation program put on ... Sep 29, 2005
10 in Jackson County, south of Cameron Pass. Testing two days later confirmed it had the fatal and transmissible brain ailment similar to mad cow disease. ...
- Grand Junction Sentinel,
The push for a mad cow test Sep 11, 2005
...neurological diseases are called scrapie in sheep, chronic wasting disease in deer and elk, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or mad cow disease) in cows ...
- Los Angeles Times,
Idaho confirms 3rd death from rare brain disease Sep 28, 2005
Test results confirm a rare brain-wasting illness similar to mad cow disease claimed the life of a 53 year-old northern Idaho woman earlier this month, state ...
- Webindia123,
Japanese farm minister wants joint effort to open beef trade Sep 28, 2005
Japan stopped importing beef products from the United States after the first case of mad cow disease was found there in December 2003. ...
- Billings Gazette,
Researchers link human remains in cattle feed to mad cow disease Sep 2, 2005
London: Mad cow disease may have come from feeding British cattle with meal contaminated with human remains infected with a permutation of the disease ...
- Sydney Morning Herald (subscription),
New Mad-Cow Feed Rules May Be Released in Days, US FDA Says Sep 19, 2005
Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The US may announce within days new limits on what cattle can eat, as part of an effort to control mad cow disease. ...
- Bloomberg
Forget SARS, West Nile, Ebola and avian flu. The real epidemic is ... Sep 29, 2005
...has meant slathering oneself with DEET to ward off West Nile-infected mosquitoes; swearing off burgers, those purveyors of mad cow disease; donning paper masks ...
- Macleans,
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