New test can spot human &#39;mad cow&#39;
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THE world&#39;s first test for the human form of mad cow disease has been perfected in Manchester and is set to be available to doctors next year.
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Federal officials Thursday announced the possible discovery of a case of mad cow disease, which sent a shock through the cattle business even before a final result was in.
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The potential US mad cow case renews interest in more public data and tracking of animals. By Mike Lee -- Bee Staff Writer. Get weekday updates of Sacramento Bee headlines and breaking news.
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Canada confirms that a cow from the province of Alberta has tested positive for mad cow disease.
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Heading overseas first, where Japan has confirmed its twelfth case of BSE, or mad cow disease. Amy Bainbridge reports the latest case was detected in a five-year-old dairy cow, but there&#39;s been little consumer reaction to the news.
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TOKYO Oct 22, 2004 - A Holstein in western Japan tested positive for mad cow disease in a preliminary test conducted Saturday, an official said.
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It&#39;s a big relief for the US beef industry. The Agriculture Department says no Mad Cow Disease has turned up in an animal singled out last week for additional testing.
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is testing the remains of a dairy cow from Alberta suspected of having bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease. An initial set of tests failed to rule out the possibility the 4-year-old cow died of BSE.
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A cow in southern Italy has tested positive for mad cow disease, raising to 124 the number of cases detected in the country since testing began in 2001, the Health Ministry said Monday.
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The human version of mad cow disease  may look different in different people, depending on their  genetic make-up, experts reported on Thursday, raising the  possibility the disease could be circulating undetected.
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WASHINGTON/CHICAGO  - An animal suspected of  having mad cow disease was given a clean bill of health in a  second round of sophisticated testing, the U.S. Agriculture  Department said on Tuesday after cattle prices soared in  expectation of the news.
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NEW YORK A possible new case of mad cow disease has been found in the United States, according to the Agriculture Department. The agency said Thursday that the brain of a cow tested positive three times on
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The US may have found a second case of mad cow disease after tissue from a high-risk animal produced an inconclusive test, part of the government&#39;s stepped up screening of the beef supply.
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The government has ordered a definitive laboratory test after two preliminary screening tests raised the possibility of mad cow disease in the tissue of a recently slaughtered animal, federal officials said yesterday.
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UNITED STATES WASHINGTON -- One day after the US Agriculture Department announced that concern over mad cow disease should no longer keep the border closed to live cattle from Canada, the Ottawa government revealed yesterday that it has detected another suspected case of the disease in a dairy cow. Canadian officials said that two preliminary tests on the 10-year-old Alberta ...
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WASHINGTON - Government scientists are trying to determine whether the country has a second case of mad cow disease. The US Agriculture Department announced yesterday that two rapid-screening tests on a suspect cow were positive for the disease.
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The Department of Agriculture said a cow had tested positive for mad cow disease. If confirmed, it would be the second US case. The cow tested positive on so-called rapid tests, which are considered inconclusive until further testing is completed.