"..first we're going to iowa , then nebraska, then to the feeding pen...then to the back field... then to the lower field...then back to the shade..then..."
Posted on 06/10/2005 9:24:56 PM PDT by phoenix_004
In what could be the second US case of mad cow disease, an older beef animal tested positive for the deadly ailment but will undergo another round of tests at a British laboratory to confirm the results, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said on Friday.
Johanns said the new suspected case involved an older beef animal which was chosen for testing because it was a "downer" animal that could not walk when it arrived at the slaughterhouse.
The animal's carcass never entered the human food or livestock feed supply, he said.
The government refused to disclose any information about the suspect animal's origin or where it was slaughtered. Discovery of the suspect animal comes at a time when USDA officials have pressed Japan and South Korea to resume purchases of American beef. Both nations were major buyers of US beef until they suspended purchases in December 2003.
"I don't believe this has any impact on our international trading partners," Johanns said.
The United States has asked Japan to allow imports of American beef from cattle under 20 months of age. Scientists believe that younger animals pose less risk of the disease because it takes several years to incubate within an animal's nervous system.
At the same time, the USDA is involved in a lawsuit to reopen the US border to imports of cattle from Canada, which has confirmed three domestic cases of mad cow disease.
On Thursday, Johanns held a public meeting in Minnesota to make a public case for reopening the border to Canadian animals, which once accounted for about 1 million cattle slaughtered in the United States each year.
US meat industry officials say they are being forced to close plants and lay off workers because they cannot obtain enough cattle to keep the plants operating efficiently.
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Is Hillary ill?
We're doomed. Doomed I tell you!
:)
"..first we're going to iowa , then nebraska, then to the feeding pen...then to the back field... then to the lower field...then back to the shade..then..."
Not great for beef sales. Chicken anyone? At least we can cook it pure.
I first read this two or three hours ago, but it is interesting how (potentially) economically damaging news is always released on a Friday night. I'm almost positive news of one of the other suspected cases (turned out to be false) was made available at about the same time.
Is the title of this article misleading, or is there other information in the rest of the article that contradicts the statement above?
Mad Cowie??
ahhh...something about Vermont...or should I say vermin...
Her heinousness - Hillary Clinton. Looks like a mad cow to me!
..have I lost my friend?...SOS..hello...
-- cow in US tests positive.
-- Canada bans US beef
-- US sick cow found to have come from Canada in the first place.
All these headlines came out over quite a time span and appeared in different parts of the paper. Anti-American bias in the press? You decide.
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