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Byline: Barry Shlachter
Jul. 28--The Agriculture Department said Wednesday that a "forgotten" brain sample taken in April from an ailing cow was tested last week and gave a positive but unusual reaction for mad cow disease.
The department said it is too early to call it the nation's third case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE. The cow's herd has not been quarantined, nor have its progeny and similar-age livestock been traced.
Officially, the test was "nondefinitive." The USDA said staining on the sample denoted prion proteins of BSE, but not in places where such stains usually occur.
Further testing will be conducted at laboratories in Ames, Iowa, and Weybridge, England, with results expected next week, said John Clifford, the USDA's chief veterinarian.