Posted on 02/23/2004 9:54:06 PM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:13:30 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
An isolated case of mad cow disease and an outbreak of bird flu on U.S. farms indicates the vulnerability of American agriculture to disease -- either spread accidentally or intentionally -- and the economic disruption that could result.
Federal and Texas agriculture officials said yesterday that they had diagnosed a highly contagious and, for poultry, deadly strain of avian influenza on a Texas farm. The disease also spread to live bird markets in Houston.
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