HEALTH ALERT: Possible Mad Cow Disease |
| Posted by: Sean Kelly | | Possible New Case of Mad Cow Disease Found
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By JOHN HEILPRIN
WASHINGTON (AP) - A second case of mad cow disease may have turned up in the United States but the suspect meat has not entered the food chain, Agriculture Department officials said Thursday.
The officials released few details and refused to say where the possibly diseased animal was found. They said it would be four to seven days before more could be confirmed, a delay that livestock industry representatives said would cause turmoil in the beef market.
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| Posted by: Sean Kelly | | Suspect Animal Tested for Mad Cow Disease
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By Randy Fabi and Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Government scientists are chasing a possible new case of mad cow disease in the United States, with final results on a suspicious slaughtered animal expected in coming days, officials said on Thursday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said rapid-screening tests had returned "inconclusive" results and triggered a more sophisticated, final round of tests to determine if a suspect animal has mad cow disease. If it does, it will be the second U.S. case of the brain-wasting malady, after one was discovered last December. |
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| Posted by: Sean Kelly | | New mad cow case likely, experts say
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A final test is likely to confirm a second U.S. case of mad cow disease, experts said on Thursday, though they see a small possibility the animal, which tested "inconclusive" in two preliminary tests, could be given a clean bill of health.
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The USDA said it would use a more sophisticated test, known as the immunohistochemistry test, or IHC, to confirm whether there is a new case of mad cow disease. Test results were expected in four to seven days.
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| Posted by: fuscia | | Very scary. I wonder how many people will back off from eating beef now. | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: Sean Kelly | | USDA Announcement:
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Statement By U.S. Department of Agriculture Press Secretary Alisa Harrison
November 22, 2004
"Test results for the BSE inconclusive are not complete. There will be no announcements made tonight. USDA will release the results as soon as the National Veterinary Services Laboratory completes the testing process."
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