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Article: More Mad Cow Cases Predicted; Disease Could Spread to Wisconsin, Official Says.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 9, 2004
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Jan. 9--MADISON, Wis. -- After the discovery of mad cow disease in a Washington state Holstein, Wisconsin's state veterinarian said Thursday that he believes more cases will be found in cattle in America and the fatal, brain-wasting disease could spread to Wisconsin.
"I'm going to be really unhappy, but I can't say I'd be completely flabbergasted if it's found (in Wisconsin) because we import a number of cattle from Canada," Robert Ehlenfeldt told reporters outside a legislative hearing, referring to the fact that the infected animal in Washington state came from that country.
A DNA test this week confirmed that the infected cow came from a farm in ...