New Tests Aim for Better Confirmation of Mad Cow Disease
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While the public waits for results of tests that will determine whether there&#39;s another case of mad cow disease in the United States, new government procedures have been designed to eliminate as much speculation as possible.
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As the government awaits definitive results in a possible second case of mad cow disease, federal officials are charting new ground in dealing with a jittery public.
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Canada has exceeded its target for mad cow testing this year, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. All tests have come back negative for the brain-wasting disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the agency says.
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NEW YORK Another possible case of mad cow disease has been found in the United States, the Agriculture Department said Thursday. The brain of a cow tested positive three times on a rapid test for the presence
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U.S. Agriculture Department  scientists were still conducting tests late on Monday to  determine if the United States had a second case of the deadly  mad cow disease amid secrecy over where the suspect animal was  raised or slaughtered.
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A cow that tested positive last week on preliminary tests for mad cow disease has tested negative on the follow-up, the Agriculture Department announced.
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The US Department of Agriculture yesterday said it is testing a suspect animal for mad cow disease and would know within a week whether it has discovered the second case in the United States.
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- A final laboratory test has confirmed that an Alberta dairy cow had mad cow disease, the second case Canada has found in its herd, an industry source briefed by veterinary officials said yesterday. "It is positive," the industry source told reporters after a briefing from the agency. The animal did not enter the human or animal food ...
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Nov 18, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said today it is running confirmatory tests on a possible new case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease.
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Description: The government says a preliminary test suggests that another animal in the US could have mad cow disease. The US Department of Agriculture called the test result inconclusive, and has sent a sample from the animal for confirmatory testing.
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OTTAWA - Canada has exceeded its target for mad cow testing this year, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. All tests have come back negative for the brain-wasting disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the agency says.
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A potential new case of mad cow disease has been found in the US - but tests so far are inconclusive, said US agriculture officials.
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba  - Results from final  laboratory tests on a Canadian dairy cow suspected of having  mad cow disease are not yet available, an agriculture  department official said on Saturday.
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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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Two rounds of precise tests in an Iowa lab found no evidence of mad cow disease in an animal suspected last week of having the brain-wasting ailment, federal officials said Tuesday.
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US Department of Agriculture officials yesterday said an initial test for mad cow disease has yielded an &quot;inconclusive&quot; result in a cow targeted under the department&#39;s high-risk category, prompting
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A possible new case of mad cow disease has been found in the United States, the Agriculture Department said yesterday. Oklahoma agriculture officials are not revealing whether an inconclusive test for mad cow disease came from an Oklahoma bovine.