Animal Health
Wednesday, January 7, 2004
Proof That BSE Cow Is Canadian Seen As Key To Restart US Trade
January 7, 2004 Proof That BSE Cow Is Canadian Seen As Key To Restart US Trade U.S. government and agriculture industry officials say they believe that proof now being gathered to show a U.S. cow that contracted bovine spongiform encephalop ...
Wednesday, January 7, 2004
DNA Test Shouldn't Impede US-Canada Border Opening
January 7, 2004 DNA Test Shouldn't Impede US-Canada Border Opening DNA confirmation Tuesday that the cow that tested positive in the U.S. for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad- cow disease, was born in Canada is not expected to imped ...
Wednesday, January 7, 2004
US-Netherlands Joint Research Says Enzymes Degrade Mad Cow Prions
January 7, 2004 US-Netherlands Joint Research Says Enzymes Degrade Mad Cow Prions A research by US' North Carolina State University and Netherlands and BioResource International scientists, has proven that under proper conditions, an enzyme ...
Wednesday, January 7, 2004
Vietnamese Chickens Fall To Mystery Disease
January 7, 2004 Vietnamese Chickens Fall To Mystery Disease A mysterious disease has killed more than 40,000 chickens in southern Vietnam, and local officials have been ordered to kill all sick animals and quarantine affected areas, an offi ...
Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Slovakia To Test Cattle For BSE
January 6, 2004 Slovakia To Test Cattle For BSE Slovakia's State Veterinary and Food Administration conducted laboratory examinations on 7,427 beef samples in November, and none were found to have bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad- c ...
Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Doomed Herd Contains Infected Cow's Calf
January 6, 2004 Doomed Herd Contains Infected Cow's Calf The U.S. Department of Agriculture will slaughter about 450 calves on one of several Washington state farms quarantined because of a lone confirmed case of mad cow disease, officials ...
Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Poultry Cholera Sweeping Through South Vietnam
January 6, 2004 Poultry Cholera Sweeping Through South Vietnam A virulent wave of Poultry Cholera is spreading through Vietnam killing more than 100,000 chickens. The majority of chickens killed come from farms in the Long An province, sout ...
Monday, January 5, 2004
Bird Flu Resurfaces in South Korea
January 5, 2004 Bird Flu Resurfaces in South Korea South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry yesterday said a new bird flu case was discovered in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, where the authorities have confirmed traces of t ...
Monday, January 5, 2004
Thai Chickens Smuggled Into Malaysia May Spread Bird Flu
January 5, 2004 Thai Chickens Smuggled Into Malaysia May Spread Bird Flu Malaysian farmers have expressed fears over the possibility that live chicken, smuggled from Thailand, could spread the deadly bird flu to local birds. Head of the Pen ...
Monday, January 5, 2004
Mad Cow Investigators Focus on Common Feed Source
January 05, 2004 Mad Cow Investigators Focus on Common Feed Source U.S. agriculture officials said Friday a third dairy herd in Washington state is under hold orders as authorities investigate the country's lone case of mad-cow disease. So ...
Monday, January 5, 2004
US Mad Cow Infected In Canada
January 05, 2004 US Mad Cow Infected In Canada The U.S. cow found to be infected with mad cow disease was likely infected with the neurological disease through feed it consumed while very young and living in Canada before it was shipped to ...
Monday, January 5, 2004
US Rule On Canadian Cattle Could Be Rewritten
January 05, 2004 US Rule On Canadian Cattle Could Be Rewritten The U.S. Department of Agriculture may write "an entirely new" proposal on how to declare Canada a minimal risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad-cow disease, and ope ...
Friday, January 2, 2004
Hong Kong Bans US Beef Products
January 2, 2004 Hong Kong Bans US Beef Products In the wake of the U.S. announcement of a presumptive case of BSE, the Hong Kong government decided on Dec. 24 to "suspend the import of U.S. beef and beef products into Hong Kong temporarily ...
Friday, January 2, 2004
US Meat Export Federation Issues Statement On Mad-Cow Issue
January 2, 2004 US Meat Export Federation Issues Statement On Mad-Cow Issue The U.S. Meat Export Federation has released the following statement regarding U.S. beef and events since a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad-cow dis ...
Friday, January 2, 2004
BSE Test Animals Banned From Food Chain
January 2, 2004 BSE Test Animals Banned From Food Chain In the aftermath of the mad cow case in the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has belatedly issued a new regulation prohibiting the meat from any animal tested for bovi ...

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