Mad cow disease

A US Court of Appeals ruling that bars a Kansas meatpacker from testing all its animals for mad cow disease -- an expensive step major meatpackers resist ...  

... the risk of transmitting bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, commonly known as "mad cow disease") by blood transfusion is surprisingly high. ...  

A federal appeals court said Friday that the Bush Administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their cows for mad cow disease. The reason? ...  

ScienceDaily (Aug. 29, 2008) — The findings underline the importance of precautions against Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) transmission, such as the UK ...  

August 16, 2008 -- OTTAWA (AFP) — A new case of mad cow disease has been detected in the western Canadian province of Alberta, the government's Food Inspection...  

Spain recorded its first human death from mad cow disease in June 2005 when a 26-year-old woman succumbed to it in Madrid. More than 200 people around the ...  

Health ministry experts strongly suspect that a 64-year-old woman who died at León Hospital last week may have had 'mad cow' disease. ...  

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canadian officials on Friday confirmed the country's 14th case of mad cow disease in a six-year-old beef cow, again born years ...  

fahrbot-bot tips a story of mad cow disease, a private meat packer that wants to test all of its beef for the disease, and the USDA, which controls access ...  

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease, is spread when live animals are fed parts of dead cattle mixed into their largely ...  

Creekstone Farms in Arkansas City, Kan., built a lab to test all of its cattle for mad cow disease. The government will not let the company do the testing, ...  

A new case of mad cow disease has been detected in the western Canadian province of Alberta, the government's Food Inspection Agency announced Friday. ...  

Mad cow disease has struck Canada once again, with the country's food authorities reporting yet another case on Friday. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ...  

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors` Office, which is investigating the alleged inaccurate coverage of MBC TV program “PD Notebook,” plans to release a ...  

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed another case of mad cow disease in Alberta. This is the 14th reported Canadian case - a 6-year-old beef ...