Tests Negative on Suspected Mad Cow Case
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A cow the Agriculture Department had suspected of carrying mad cow disease was declared free of the illness after follow-up tests, officials said Tuesday. The announcement was a relief to the U.S. beef industry, which is still trying to recover from the nation's first case of the disease last December.
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A possible new case of mad cow disease has been found in the United States, the Agriculture Department said Thursday. The agency said the brain of a cow tested positive three times on
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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.
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An Iowa lab is working to confirm initial tests indicating a sickly US animal had mad cow disease, 11 months after the nation&#39;s first case emerged in Washington state.
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BEAUMONT -- The family of a Beaumont woman is waiting for test results to find out if she died from a form of an affliction connected to mad cow disease.
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A preliminary test of pigs culled after the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey has proved negative.
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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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Washington, DC - A cow suspected of being the nation&#39;s second case of mad cow disease has tested negative for the brain-wasting disease, a relief to the US beef industry.
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A suspected case of mad cow disease has been detected in the United States, agriculture officials said Thursday. By Ted Warren, AP.
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The United States likely has another case of mad cow disease after an animal tested "inconclusive" in two preliminary tests, but a false positive was also possible, experts said on Thursday.
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First-round screening tests returned  "inconclusive" results for mad cow disease from one animal and  samples were being submitted for final and more sophisticated  analysis, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday.
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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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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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Canada confirmed Tuesday it had  uncovered a new case of mad cow disease but said the animal in  question, a beef cow from Alberta, had not entered the human or  animal food systems.
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A final laboratory test has confirmed an Alberta dairy cow had mad cow disease, the second case Canada has found in its herd, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Sunday.
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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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WASHINGTON (CP) - Attempts to lift the American ban on Canadian cattle could be facing a major setback with news Thursday that US officials may have discovered a second case of mad cow disease.