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- FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Renderers on Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or Feed
The Food and Drug Administration today issued a draft guidance document for renderers in response to questions received since the April 25, 2008 announcement of a final rule that strengthens regulations ...
- Mouse model of prion disease mimics diverse symptoms of human disorder
A comprehensive mouse model of inherited prion disease exhibits cognitive, motor, and neurophysiological deficits that bear a striking resemblance to the symptoms experienced by patients with the human version ...
- Prion Switching In Response To Environmental Stress
Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Genetics ; CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease Article Date: 25 Nov 2008 - 1:00 PST printer friendly view / write opinions rate article If you have had a hard ...
- Canada reports another case of Mad Cow Disease
There's been another case of Mad Cow Disease reported in Canada, marking the fourth so far this year.
- Mad Cow and Rendering Costs
Rendering is one of the oldest forms of recycling. But, certain of the body parts that are recycled can be dangerous.
- New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own
Photo Credit: AP Photo A dairy cow peers out over the top of other cows in a barn at Tim Forry's Oregon Dairy Farm in Lititz, Pa., Wednesday, Nov.
- Rumors rock cattle market
Rumors linking mad cow disease and Amarillo stung national cattle markets this week.
- More Than 15
Yesterday , Canada announced yet another case of bovine spongiforme encephalopathy--mad cow disease.
- No Human Mad Cow Case In Texas Panhandle: Officials
There has been no human case of mad cow disease in the Texas panhandle area in the past month, the Texas Department of State Health Services said on Wednesday in response to rumors in Chicago markets of a woman ...
- Portage Daily Graphic
CFIA confirms case of mad cow disease in B.C. Posted 1 hour ago VANCOUVER a ' The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the countrya TMs 15th case of mad cow disease in an animal from B.C. The agency ...
- R-CALF critical of USDA
Today, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced yet another case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy this time in a 7-year-old British Columbia dairy cow.
- Canada confirms its 15th case of mad cow disease
Canada confirmed its 15th case of mad cow disease since 2003 Monday and identified the animal as a seven-year-old dairy cow born well after Ottawa banned feed practices thought to spread the disease.
- AIT director urges more US imports such as beef
American Institute in Taiwan Director Stephen Young told a press conference yesterday that Taiwan should fully open its market to US beef, but acknowledged that the possibility of the US government and Taiwan ...
- Officials Investigate Whether Death Linked To Rare Brain Disease
New Hampshire health officials are investigating whether a Jaffrey woman died of a rare illness related to mad cow disease.
- National CJD Surveillance Unit Publishes 16th Annual Report For 2007 And Scientific Report, UK
Main Category: CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience Article Date: 14 Nov 2008 The Sixteenth Annual Report of the National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit is ...
- New Mad Cow Test Heightens Fears
A new screening test for variants of Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseases , currently in final clinical trials, will reportedly identify those who harbor the disease in their blood.
- Japan feels America's pain
U.S. economic woes pinch Japan's auto and factory machine exports. Sales of U.S. beef to Japan are up sharply, but it's still a tough market.
- British Columbia. Mad cow case likely caused by feed
An official investigation into Canada's 13th case of mad cow disease said yesterday that infected feed was most likely to blame: the same reason given in many previous cases.
- Mad cow case likely from B.C.
The Canada Food Inspection Agency says a B.C. feed manufacturer is the most likely source of the country's 13th case of mad cow disease.
- How France hid its own mad cow disease epidemic
The scale of France's mad cow disease epidemic has been laid bare in a report from scientists.
- Tonight's TV Hot List: Monday, Nov. 3, 2008
How I Met Your Mother 8:30 pm/ET CBS Yes, this sitcom is blessed with the scene-stealing Barney, but it's sometimes taken for granted that the show works so well because all of the actors are so effortlessly ...
- Japan Suspends Beef Imports From U.S. Factory
The Japanese government said Wednesday it has suspended beef imports from a Swift & Co.
- Nanotechnology improves food safety by detecting prions
Friday, October 31, 2008 Nanotechnology improves food safety by detecting prions Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct.
- Variant CJD And Blood Transfusion
Main Category: CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease Also Included In: Blood / Hematology Article Date: 23 Oct 2008 Until recently the risk of developing CJD as a consequence of a blood transfusion was a theoretical ...