NCBA's statement on COOL disappointing to some (99) Oct 22, 2009
McDonald's food service understood this very well when they advertised heavily, following the finding of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Canada, that the chain served only USDA Inspected beef. I believe we all understand that McDonald's created this marketing campaign to address its millions of consumers' concerns regarding the safety of Canadian beef since McDonald's products include not only imported beef, but also Canadian beef. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Public Attitudes To New Technology: Lessons For Regulators Oct 13, 2009
Public opinion also is easily swayed by catastrophic events like the Chernobyl accident, which galvanized opposition to nuclear power, and by news like reports of deaths from Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Europe, or from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or swine flu (the H1N1 virus). "It's much easier to destroy trust than gain it," Satterfield says, so after an event like a nuclear meltdown or oil spill, leaders need to "take responsibility for any consequences quickly and... (Science Daily)
Banned US beef found in Japan Oct 10, 2009
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Protecting Humans And Animals From Diseases In Wildlife Oct 10, 2009
9, 2009) Avian influenza (H5N1), rabies, plague, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and more recently swine flu (H1N1) are all examples of diseases that have made the leap from animals to humans. As the list continues to grow, experts at The University of Nottingham are to lead a project aimed at developing a state-of-the-art pan-European surveillance system to monitor emerging and re-emerging infections in wildlife. (Science Daily)
First Direct Information About Prion's Molecular Structure Reported Oct 6, 2009
(June 19, 2008) Infectious proteins known as prions have been identified as the cause of mad cow disease (BSE). The culprits are incorrectly folded proteins that can infect. (Science Daily)
R-CALF: Misrepresentation of EPA’s So-Called Cow & Pig Tax’ Distracts Producers (2) Oct 4, 2009
This sort of spin has temporarily shifted the focus away from important issues like country-of-origin labeling (COOL), the examination of U.S. antitrust laws, the fight to prevent the introduction of diseases like BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) and FMD (foot-and-mouth disease), as well as the anticompetitive effects from packer-owned livestock and other captive supply practices. These are meaningful reforms that producers currently are advancing both in the U.S. court system and in... (Agri-View, WI)
Evolutionary Origins Of Prion Disease Gene Uncovered Sep 30, 2009
29, 2009) A University of Toronto-led team has uncovered the evolutionary ancestry of the prion gene, which may reveal new understandings of how the prion protein causes diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as "mad cow disease." ... Diseased prion proteins are responsible for the fatal neurodegenerative Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, and BSE, scrapie and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in livestock ... Although no single evidence firmly established the... (Science Daily)
Nebraska Sheep and Goat Producers Convention will Oct.9-10 (31) Sep 30, 2009
Nebraska's BSE Coordinator Steve Gramlich of Maxwell will be available to discuss why sheep and goat producers should be concerned about BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease). Nebraska Sheep and Goat Producers President Mike Wallace who ranches near Nelson will have information about multi-species grazing and a low-input, sustainable sheep system. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Transhumance Helps Vulture Conservation Sep 24, 2009
European health regulations designed to control Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow Disease, requires all cattle carcasses to be removed from fields, which has led to a significant scarcity of food for carrion birds in Spain, with various impacts on their conservation. "However, in mountain areas with widespread livestock, it is impracticable to remove cattle carcasses. This is the case with transhumant farms during the periods that flocks spend in summer fields, a traditional... (Science Daily)
Senate, House Cut NAIS Funding, Waiting for USDA Response (52) Sep 18, 2009
Thornsberry pointed out that USDA already has spent about 140 million of taxpayer money on NAIS, claiming the program would allow animal disease traceback within 48 hours, but such an arbitrary timeframe would not appear to prevent the spread of diseases with long incubation periods, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or bovine tuberculosis. Nor would NAIS appear to prevent the spread of diseases that incubate very quickly, such as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), which would... (Agri-View, WI)
Time trends in exposure of cattle to bovine spongiform encephalopathy and cohort effect in France and Italy: value of the classical Age-Period-Cohort approach Sep 18, 2009
APC models were recently used to model the French epidemic assuming that the time trend for BSE was mainly due to a cohort effect in relation to the control measures that may have modified the BSE exposure of cohorts over time. We used a categorical APC analysis which did not require any functional form for the effect of the variables, and examined second differences to estimate the variation of the BSE trend ... The APC analysis proved to be highly suitable for the study of the trend in BSE... (BioMed Central)
Rancher group leader blasts USDA's animal health policies Sep 11, 2009
After the first Canadian cow with BSE was discovered in May 2003, USDA banned all cattle from Canada. It later narrowed the ban to cattle older than 30 months, because older animals were considered at greater risk for BSE, also known as mad cow disease ... Finally, USDA opened the border to all cattle and beef from Canada, saying there were adequate safeguards preventing BSE-contaminated material from entering the food chain. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology Sep 10, 2009
A new study suggests that gene expression profiling may allow researchers to track the progression of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle and ultimately predict their infectious status ... Prion diseases are transmissible, and inevitably fatal, neurodegenerative disorders that are responsible for BSE in cattle, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, and scrapie in sheep and goats ... The first cases of BSE were reported in the United Kingdom in 1986 and reached epidemic... (EurekAlert!)
WTO Panel to Probe Canadian Complaint Against Korean Ban on Beef Imports Sep 1, 2009
South Korea halted Canadian beef imports in May 2003 after Canada reported its first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE, which has been linked to more than 150 human deaths worldwide. Eating meat from BSE-infected animals has been tied to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, an incurable human illness that destroys brain tissue ... In 2007, the World Organization for Animal Health categorized Canada as a controlled risk country for BSE, the same status as the U.S. That designation has... (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Gene Mutation Alone Causes Transmissible Prion Disease Aug 28, 2009
Prions cause several diseases, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, bovine spongiform encephalitis (BSE, or "mad cow disease") in cows, and scrapie in sheep. Some prion diseases, like BSE, can be transmitted from feed animals to humans. (Science Daily)
Rare Sheep Could Be Key To Better Diagnostic Tests In Developing World Aug 25, 2009
(July 4, 2007) Sheep infected with scrapie and cows infected with BSE have elevated levels of manganese in their blood before clinical symptoms appear, according to new. (Dec. (Science Daily)
Impaired transport in neurons triggers prion disease Aug 22, 2009
Despite growing awareness of prion diseases, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and the human variant, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the molecular mechanisms responsible for their development are still not completely understood. These diseases are associated with neuropathological symptoms that include dementia, motor system defects and amnesia, although previous observations identified molecular hallmarks in the absence of these neuropathological symptoms, creating a paradox ...... (EurekAlert!)
Coroners 'reject plea over vCJD' Aug 19, 2009
vCJD arose in the population in the 1980s as a result of eating beef from cattle infected with BSE.. I would hope that they would be able to help with this because I don't see any other way for us to get this information at the moment. (BBC News -- UK)
Fears over new vCJD wave Aug 19, 2009
In the UK, 164 people have died of variant CJD, which originally came from cows infected with BSE, and all cases shared a version of a certain gene ... She said that while not much could be done about those who might already have been infected by eating BSE-infected meat, the chances of secondary infection via blood donors who might be "silent carriers" of the disease could be minimised ... She wants the government to speed up the use of tests that might screen people's blood supply for vCJD and... (BBC News -- UK)
Big Cattle: The Genes That Determine Carcass Weight Aug 5, 2009
26, 2007) Do genes affect bovine spongiform encephalopathy--also known as BSE, or "mad cow" disease. Are some cattle more susceptible than others. (Science Daily)
People Who Eat Deer And Elk With Chronic Wasting Disease May Avoid Infection Because Of Species Barrier, Study in Monkeys Suggests Aug 4, 2009
The results to date show that 14 cynomolgus macaques exposed orally or intracerebrally to CWD remain healthy and symptom free after more than six years of observation, though the direct relevance to people is not definitive and remains under study ... Other TSE diseases include mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, scrapie in sheep, and sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans ... Humans are not susceptible to sheep scrapie, but BSE appears to have... (Science Daily)
New FDA carcass disposal rule takes effect April 27 (2) Jul 19, 2009
This FDA regulation is intended to prevent the spread of BSE or mad cow disease and will likely result in increased disposal costs for livestock producers. Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) Livestock Development supervisor Curt Zimmerman says the feed ban regulation has presented challenges to the cattle industry. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Scientists Fear Mad Cow From Farm-Raised Fish Jul 15, 2009
The human form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease) is known as Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. It is untreatable and always fatal. (Newsmax)
How Mitochondria Get Their Membranes Bent Jul 10, 2009
11, 2008) Abnormally folded proteins cause a number of illnesses such as the Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease, BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) and Alzheimer s. It is still unknown why this misfolding. (Aug. (Science Daily)
Single Protein Dimers Observed Wavering Between Two Symmetrically Opposed Structures Jul 7, 2009
Observing structures of individual proteins or complexes is an advance over typical ways of measuring complex and dynamic protein structures, which often end up losing information by averaging data over a large number of them, Deniz says ... "We were able to easily switch A2L2 from an inactive state to one that could bind RNA, and it takes only quite mild changes in conditions to make this change. These direct observations show that this protein dimer has two native structures available to it,... (Science Daily)
* Ma eager for US beef deal Jul 4, 2009
Taiwan banned US beef in 2003 when a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) X also called mad cow disease X was diagnosed in Seattle. The ban was partially lifted in April 2005 to allow imports of US de-boned beef from cattle under 30 months old, but was reimposed two months later when a second BSE case was discovered in the US.. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
* Activists protest opening up to US beef Jul 2, 2009
Hu Ya-mei (J), president of the Homemakers Union and Foundation, said that prion proteins, the agents that cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, are not easily killed by cooking or ultraviolet rays and can survive in any part of an infected cow, posing a hazard to human health ... The ban was lifted in 2005 to allow imports of US deboned beef from cattle aged under 30 months, but the government reimposed a complete ban two months later when a second BSE case... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
* Young asks US beef opponents to focus on science Jun 27, 2009
Taiwan banned US beef in 2003 when a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) X also called mad cow disease X was diagnosed in Seattle. The ban was lifted in April 2005 to allow imports of US de-boned beef from cattle aged less than 30 months, but the government reimposed the ban two months later when a second BSE case was discovered in the US.. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
Connie Burton Jun 26, 2009
For those keeping count, this latest case of BSE in Canada is that country's 10th case of BSE in a cow that was born after the OTM Rule's import eligibility date. That means these 10 infected animals could have been imported into the U.S. prior to exhibiting symptoms of BSE. ... - The 10 cases of BSE that have now been detected in cattle born after March 1, 1999, completely disprove USDA's key assumption that cattle born after that date would have an extremely low likelihood of being exposed to... (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
* DPP calls for campaign against US beef imports Jun 26, 2009
Under DPP rule, the government agreed to US beef imports but on the strict condition that the meat be from cattle younger than 30 months of age, and beef with bones was barred when a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease was discovered in 2005. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was optimistic that US beef would gain full access to the Taiwan market sometime this year, prompting the media to speculate the ban would be lifted by the end of this... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
* No timetable for full opening to US beef: minister Jun 25, 2009
Yeh said that compared with the US, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, is more common in Europe ... Taiwan has twice imposed a partial ban on US beef after two confirmed cases of BSE were discovered in the US in 2005 ... Asked about the risk of consuming US beef, Yeh said that the average lifetime risk of contracting BSE through eating boneless beef is one in 7. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Farmed Fish May Pose Risk For Mad Cow Disease Jun 18, 2009
Creutzfeldt Jakob disease is an untreatable, universally-fatal disease that can be contracted by eating parts of an animal infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease) ... The risk of transmission of BSE to humans who eat farmed fish would appear to be low because of perceived barriers between species. (Science Daily)
Dave Louthan Jun 16, 2009
Remember the mad cow disease attached to the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) disorder in cattle from a few years ago and the video images of downer cows thrashing about. The public was lead to believe that was an accurate portrayal of the cattle industry at that time, when in reality it applied to literally just a handful of cows. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Dairies positioned for growth Jun 4, 2009
Since labor costs are a major part of a dairy operation, the high productivity and low absentee and turnover rates in Nebraska's labor force also benefit the state's dairies ... The rule was a modification of the BSE legislation that prohibits use of "certain cattle origin materials in the food or feed of all animals" to reduce incidence of BSE. ... The modification states that rendering trucks cannot retrieve "the entire carcass of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)-positive cattle; the... (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
World Livestock Auctioneer Championship coming to region Jun 4, 2009
The informational session will conclude with a program on the FDA's BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalo-pathy) Feed Ban and how it's impacting the disposal of dead cattle over the age of 30 months. This session begins at 1:30 p.m.. (Agri-View, WI)
Concerns over animal ID program to be heard May 29, 2009
She pointed out that Canada had another case of BSE last week. "If they would take care of those problems, that should be done first," Nachtigall said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Prevalence Of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Agent In Britain Remains Uncertain May 25, 2009
Of these, 12,753 were from people born between 1961 and 1985 (the group in which most vCJD cases have arisen) and 19,908 were from people born between 1986 and 1995 who would have also been exposed to meat or meat products contaminated with the agent that causes bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle ... He also says that public health authorities in other countries should not carry out such studies, as an enormous number of samples would be needed to yield useful information because... (Science Daily)
Family Ranchers, Farmers, Local Food Advocates Criticize Efforts to Tie School Lunch Program to NAIS (4) May 24, 2009
USDA also has refused to do proper testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow) and E. coli and has allowed meat processing plants to escape inspections, where much of the food safety contaminations occur. NAIS misdirects the burden for food safety from corporate processors onto family farmers and ranchers. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
New strain of mad cow disease not tied to feed May 22, 2009
Mad cow disease is known to scientists as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE. It is caused by infectious, misfolded proteins called prions ... A similar but different disease is variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob, which people get from eating BSE-infected cattle. (Yahoo News -- Mad Cow Disease)
Need for 'swine flu perspective' May 19, 2009
And tens of thousands of cows were destroyed to stop the spread of BSE - the bovine version of vCJD. The final death toll from vCJD stands at 164. In 2002 we had a global panic about Sars - a disease described in parts of the media as probably worse than Aids. (BBC News -- Health)
* World News Quick Take May 17, 2009
Private NTV television said the man was placed under observation in a hospital in Istanbul ... The six-year-old dairy cow from Alberta has confirmed bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) X the scientific name for mad cow disease X the CFIA said ... The case was detected through the BSE surveillance program, which continues to play an important role in Canadas strategy to manage BSE, the statement read. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
DNA Analysis Reveals The Prime Stock Of Indonesian Cattle May 13, 2009
30, 2008) Prion protein, a form of protein that triggers BSE, is associated with other brain diseases in cattle, raising the possibility of a significant increase in the range of prion disease. Scientists have. (Science Daily)
Ridley Inc. Reports Financial Results for Fiscal 2009 Third Quarter May 12, 2009
0 million for the BSE lawsuits ... 0 million settlement expense in the BSE class action lawsuit ... Corporate expenses, which include certain corporate management, board of directors' and other public company expenses, as well as legal expenses related to the BSE class action lawsuits, in the third quarter of fiscal 2009 were $0. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Swine Flu: Who Is Afraid Of It? May 7, 2009
Before the outbreak of the flu in Mexico, few Swedes were concerned about pandemics, previously unknown diseases, or diseases related to animals, such as mad cow disease or BSE. This is shown in the national questionnaire-based study Society and Values (SaV), with 1,500 participants. The study was performed last winter by the KRIHS research team at Mid Sweden University. (Science Daily)
Hog prices grunt under flu strain Apr 30, 2009
Charts show cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange plunged 17% in the month after December 23, 2003, when the US disclosed its first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as BSE. Hog futures already are down 7. 5% since the World Health Organisation reported swine-flu deaths in Mexico on April 24. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Large Number Of New Prions Discovered: Scientists Redefining What It Means To Be A Prion Apr 8, 2009
Brain matter in PrP-infected animals takes on a spongy appearance, lending the condition its formal name, bovine spongiform encephalitis (BSE) ... The top 100 candidate proteins were tested for up to three hallmarks of prions: their tendency in cells to form clumps that remain intact when exposed to a detergent capable of unfolding most proteins; the ability of the proteins to clump in a Petri dish in the absence other cellular factors; and the ability of the proteins to replicate indefinitely... (Science Daily)
Redefining what it means to be a prion Apr 3, 2009
Brain matter in PrP-infected animals takes on a spongy appearance, lending the condition its formal name, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) ... The top 100 candidate proteins were tested for up to three hallmarks of prions: their tendency in cells to form clumps that remain intact when exposed to a detergent capable of unfolding most proteins; the ability of the proteins to clump in a test tube in the absence other cellular factors; and the ability of the clumps to replicate indefinitely in... (EurekAlert!)
Livestock ID plan kicks up some dust Mar 28, 2009
And when foreign buyers became skittish in 2003 about buying U.S. cattle infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, it lost 80% of its beef export market. Officials with Harris Ranch Beef Co. don't want to take that risk. (Fresno Bee)
Iron Is Involved In Prion Disease-associated Neuronal Demise Mar 21, 2009
These observations contribute to our understanding of how the prion agent causes neurotoxicity, and may enable the development of novel therapeutic strategies targeted at restoring brain iron homeostasis in prion disorders ... 30, 2008) Prion protein, a form of protein that triggers BSE, is associated with other brain diseases in cattle, raising the possibility of a significant increase in the range of prion disease. (Science Daily)
Maverick businessman eyes big payoff Down Under Mar 17, 2009
Several years ago, when the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, known as mad cow disease) uproar closed down U.S. markets for Alberta beef, Sunterra and a group of ranchers decided to build their own beef packing plant outside traditional supply lines. This specialty plant, near Calgary, would guarantee quality, including its BSE testing, for export markets ... He insists the Rancher's concept was essentially sound, but relied on government assurances that the plant could do its own specialty... (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
The pain in Spain: Vultures are hungry, need meat Mar 17, 2009
Mad cow disease is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE. In people, eating meat contaminated with BSE is linked to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rare and deadly nerve disease. A massive outbreak of mad cow disease in the United Kingdom that peaked in 1993 was blamed for the deaths of 180,000 cattle and more than 150 people. (AZCentral -- News)
What Drove The Cow Mad? Lessons From A Tiny Fish Mar 16, 2009
15, 2009) For over twenty years, scientists have known that a normal protein in the brain, PrP, or prion protein, can turn harmful and cause deadly illnesses like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle ... Although the work by M;laga-Trillo, Solis, and colleagues does not offer an immediate cure for CJD or BSE, the team from Konstanz has fit together the first pieces of a complex puzzle, which may widen our understanding of prion diseases... (Science Daily)
Antibody Key To Treating Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) Mar 13, 2009
It is thought that those who have developed vCJD became infected through the consumption of cattle products contaminated with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) a brain disorder in cows, commonly known as Mad Cow Disease ... The incubation period for vCJD is unknown because it is a new disease, but it is likely that a person who has consumed a BSE-contaminated product will develop the disease a decade or more later. (Science Daily)
Spain reports fifth human death from mad cow disease... Mar 7, 2009
The health ministry said laboratory tests confirmed that the woman had Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) as the human variant of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, is known. "The appearance of sporadic cases of the disease does not indicate new risks for the health of the public," it said in a statement. (The Drudge Report)
Tyson Foods Announces Pricing of Senior Notes Offering Feb 27, 2009
The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and applicable state laws ... Among the factors that may cause actual results and experiences to differ from anticipated results and expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are the following: (i) fluctuations in the cost... (Primezone Releases)
Potential Health Risks Associated With Stressed Foodstuffs Such As Foie Gras Feb 20, 2009
Greger explains that a biochemical mechanism akin to the replication of similar protein fragments in the brain diseases Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), scrapie, and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease, might occur when amyloid fibrils enter brain tissue or the pancreas ... However, the suggestion from laboratory research is that amyloid fibrils may be transmitted in a similar way to prion diseases like BSE/CJD is cause for concern ... (May 30, 2008) Amyloid... (Science Daily)
A New Gene Silencing Platform -- Silence Is Golden Feb 19, 2009
4, 2006) BSE (more commonly known as mad cow disease) and CJD, a related disease in humans, are fatal neurodegenerative diseases caused by accumulation in the brain of an abnormally folded version (PrPsc) of. (Jan. (Science Daily)
Saudi Arabia reopens market to Canadian beef Feb 19, 2009
Canada's efforts since then to control BSE have earned it the status of a "controlled risk" country by the World Organization for Animal Health. The Calgary Herald 2009. (Calgary Herald)
First case of haemophiliac vCJD Feb 18, 2009
Page last updated at 15:47 GMT, Tuesday, 17 February 2009. CJD causes progressive damage to the brain. (BBC News -- Health)
Re: Dr. Spio Garbrah, Please Set the Records Straight Feb 18, 2009
Some of these classmates of Spio, I understand, include Ambassador D.K Osei, until recently the Secretary to President Kufuor; Ambassador Thomas Kwesi Quartey, currently Ambassador to Ethiopia; Hon. Isaac Osei, formerly Ghanas High Commissioner to the U.K., subsequently CEO, Cocobod and now an MP in Ghana; Mr. Edmund Akufo-Addo, brother of the NPPs presidential candidate for the 2008 elections (Nana Akufo-Addo) or Mr. Kojo Botsio Jnr, son of the Minister of same name under Kwame Nkrumah... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Thousands at risk of human form of mad cow disease after ... Feb 18, 2009
The BSE scandal of the late-1980s and early-1990s led to the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of cattle and public outrage at the Government's handling of the crisis. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, a disease of the brain, was passed to humans through the food chain and since 1995 there have been 164 deaths probably or definitely caused by the human form of the disease, vCJD. There are known to be three sufferers still living although many more may be carrying the disease but have not fallen... (Telegraph.co.uk)
Exotic Meats USA Announces Urgent Statewide Recall of Elk Tenderloin Because It May Contain Meat Derived From An Elk Confirmed To Have Chronic Wasting Disease Feb 10, 2009
Currently, it is believed that the prion responsible for causing CWD in deer and elk is not capable of infecting humans who eat deer or elk contaminated with the prion, but the observation of animal-to-human transmission of other prion-mediated diseases, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), has raised a theoretical concern regarding the transmission of CWD from deer or elk to humans. At the present time, FDA believes the risk of becoming ill from eating CWD-positive elk or deer meat... (U.S. Food and Drug Administration -- Alerts)
Guest Commentary: Minnesota faces huge budget deficit (17) Feb 9, 2009
The rule adds further protection against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), but it presents potential challenges for producers if it impacts the ability and willingness of rendering companies to accept farm-dead cattle. Recognizing the potential impact of this new rule, the MDA formed a study group that includes livestock processors, rendering companies, farm groups and regulators. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
JBS Swift spokesman reassures cow-calf producers Feb 8, 2009
One of the most over-hyped diseases in the world is bovine spongiform encepholopathy (BSE), noted Keys. It has been made bigger than it should have been, he said. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Test spots prions on equipment Feb 7, 2009
As well as causing vCJD, prions are also responsible for a disease called kuru in humans, BSE in cattle and scrapie in sheep. They are known to be able to survive conventional hospital sterilisation methods. (BBC News -- Health)
