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Article: Bio-Rad improves mad cow diagnosis Company stands to profit from recent beef scandal
Oakland Tribune;  January 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ...HERCULES -- The first U.S. case of mad cow disease could be a boon to an East Bay...which makes the world's best- selling mad cow test that is quicker and cheaper than...and Japan, where it is the top-selling mad cow test, accounting for about $100 million...

Article: 'Not to worry,' Pa. says of mad cow
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  January 5, 2004 ;     453 words ...The investigation into an incident of mad cow disease centers on a lone Washington state...program" that uncovered the nation's lone mad cow case in the first place. In 1989, the...coming from countries that have reported mad cow cases. In 1997, the U.S. banned feeds...

Article: MAD COW RAVAGES BRAIN TISSUE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 3, 2001 ;     475 words ...Byline: New York Daily News Q: What is mad cow disease? A: The human form of mad cow disease is variant Crutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD...death of one host to infect another. Q: How is mad cow transmitted? A: Most scientists think prions spread...

Article: Proposal Aimed at Reducing Mad Cow Risk
AP Online;  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......to reduce the already minimal risk of mad-cow tainted components ending up in childhood...safety measures to reduce the chance of mad cow-tainted cow parts winding up in such consumer...rule is aimed at reducing even further mad cow risk in human and animal drugs. He did...

Article: Proposal aimed at reducing mad cow risk in human, animal drugs
AP Worldstream;  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......to reduce the already minimal risk of mad-cow tainted components ending up in childhood...safety measures to reduce the chance of mad cow-tainted cow parts winding up in such consumer...rule is aimed at reducing even further mad cow risk in human and animal drugs. He did...

Article: Why mad cow could happen in America: the U.S. government might not be doing all it can to prevent an outbreak of mad cow disease. Here's a look at the risk factors--and what you can do to minimize them.
Natural Health;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...THE THREAT OF MAD COW DISEASE has plagued Britain for more...lethal disease, that the agent that causes mad cow can't be destroyed easily, and that the...began calling this collection of symptoms mad cow disease, and autopsies revealed that...

Article: New methods to test for mad cow disease would give results sooner.
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  December 29, 2003 ;     700+ words ......generation of highly automated tests for mad cow disease that could help restore confidence...would be costly. But scientists who study mad cow disease say the recent discovery of the first U.S. mad cow infection shows that waiting to use these...

Article: Mad over mad cow.(LETTERS)
The Washington Times;  January 4, 2004 ;     610 words ......TIMES In Wednesday's story U.S. will keep mad cow tests that take days (Nation), the Department...saying that the more modern rapid tests for mad cow disease used in Europe and Japan are less...have been a problem with earlier tests, mad cow tests are on the market that have tested...

Article: SHEEP TEST POSITIVE FOR FORM OF MAD COW
United Press International;  April 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Sheep test positive for form of mad cow Apr 11, 2002 (United Press International...may have been suffering from a form of mad cow disease, but further tests will be required...with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, before they were imported from...

Article: Bio-Rad gets OK for rapid mad cow tests Biotech firm gets approval for testing in the U.S.
Oakland Tribune;  March 19, 2004 ;     489 words ......Bio-Rad Laboratories, which makes two-thirds of the mad cow tests sold worldwide, said Thursday it won approval to use its rapid mad cow tests in the United States. The U.S. is stepping up its mad cow testing this year after the brain-wasting disease...

Article: MAD COW USA; It's not just a hysterical European food scare anymore
Santa Fe Reporter;  January 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Sheldon Rampton and I wrote our 1997 book, Mad Cow U.S.A.: Could the Nightmare Happen Here...official government and industry spin that mad cow disease was just some hysterical European...variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)--mad cow disease in humans--the US media dutifully...

Article: U.S. Cattle Industry Objects to Report Recommending More Mad Cow Testing.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ......A report by an international panel of mad cow experts called for wider testing in the...Department of Agriculture after a case of mad cow disease was found in December, was released...with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow. The United Kingdom has endured an awful...

Article: USDA stance on mad cow a tough sell.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  June 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the nation's second confirmed case of mad cow disease, Agriculture Secretary Michael...year, an enhanced program to search for mad cow disease in America's cattle tested 388...rare in this country that we run into [mad cow disease]. But Johanns' attempt to spin...

Article: USDA's message on mad cow raises critical questions.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  June 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the nation's second confirmed case of mad cow disease, Agriculture Secretary Michael...year, an enhanced program to search for mad cow disease in America's cattle herd tested...tests, just one cow was confirmed to have mad cow disease. The point here is that after...