Policy Meets Reality in West as Cattle Tracking Is Tested
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Wide-open spaces, technological glitches and bitter cold all are potential obstacles to plans to track livestock and protect the food supply from disease and bioterrorism.
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The government confirmed Friday that cattle slaughtered on a farm in southern England tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease.The disease was detected Wednesday in cattle grazing in Surrey county, 10 miles from laboratories linked to an outbreak last month, said the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.Some 40 cattle and 800 pigs on the farm were slaughtered Thursday, according to Steven Ward, the owner's son.Scientists were trying to determine whether the disease could have spread outside a six-mile containment zone set up around the farm, which includes Heathrow Airport and Queen Elizabeth II's Windsor Castle. Read more
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The U.S. cattle industry anxiously awaited government test results, expected as early as Monday, that will determine if the United States has a second case of the deadly mad cow disease, industry officials said.
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By Mike Peters, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Jun. 14--A semi-trailer loaded with cattle rolled on its side near Gill Tuesday night, and farmers and ranchers in the area rushed to help.   The truck rolled on its side shortly after 9:30 p.m.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Federal officials are still determining whether any cattle from a herd with a mad cow case made it into the food chain, but they insist the risk to Canadians is minuscule.
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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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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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A federal effort to quickly pinpoint and contain outbreaks of disease among livestock is coming under attack.
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Farmers are hoping that restrictions on the movement of livestock will soon be lifted.
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U.S. feedlots and packers could import  Canadian cattle within months now that new U.S. rules aimed at  guarding against mad cow disease are up for approval, Canadian  Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said on Saturday.
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EDMONTON (CP) - Cattle ranchers and beef industry officials were throwing cowboy hats in the air Wednesday after the United States announced sweeping plans for opening the border to nearly all Canadian exports of beef and live cattle in March.
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ALTAR VALLEY, Ariz  - U.S. Border Patrol agent Galen Huffman leans over the saddle to look at faint tracks in a cattle trail leading up from the Mexico border.
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Canadian veterinary officials have  quarantined one Alberta farm in their search for cattle  connected to the country's second case of mad cow disease, the  Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Monday.
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A herd of cattle has tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease, the seventh case in Britain since an outbreak began in August, the agriculture ministry confirmed late Monday.
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The US cattle industry anxiously awaited federal test results, expected as early as Monday, that will determine if the United States has a second case of the deadly mad cow disease, industry officials said.
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Hi-tech monitoring of livestock at pig farms could help improve the animal growth process and reduce costs.
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Like any rancher trying something new  Miroslav Vujicic carefully monitors the health of his herd,  keeps an eye on feed consumption and is often busy mending the  fences and equipment necessary for keeping livestock.