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Fears for your feline: is mad cow disease tainting mainstream pet foods?(Petcare: holistic hints for your furry friends.)
On December 23, 2003, the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopa disease--was confirmed in the United States. BSE is a prion (a protein-like infectious particle) disease that basically eats holes in the brain tissue of humans and animals who've ingested parts of an animal that was already suffering from a prion disease. Examples include BSE in cows, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in mule deer and elk, and scrapie in sheep. There is no cure.
BSE devastated parts of the European agriculture industry in the 1990s. The US government was quick to assure consumers that the beef they were eating was safe--but it was later found that some of the BSE meat had been ...
- Mad cow mania: the ultimate fallout from the first case of BSE in the United...
- Magazine article from: Dairy Today Cornett, Steve Dickrell, Jim Mohr, Paula January 1, 2004 700+ words
...the first time, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known...had been isolated in the United States from a dairy cow in Washington...animals shipped into the United States in April 2001 from Alberta...
- USDA releases BSE prevalence estimate for United States.(AFFI's Washington...
- Magazine article from: Frozen Food Digest July 1, 2006 700+ words
...estimate of the prevalence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States. The estimate is based on data which...science, that the prevalence of BSE in the United States is extraordinarily low. The testing...
- USDA announces new BSE surveillance program.(Bovine Spongiform...
- Magazine article from: Food Engineering August 1, 2006 700+ words
...Agriculture will soon transition to an ongoing Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) surveillance program that corresponds to the extremely...what we now know is a very, very low level of BSE in the United States," said Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns. The ongoing...
- USDA approves BSE rapid tests.(United States. Department of Agriculture)(Bovine...
- Magazine article from: Feedstuffs March 29, 2004 700+ words
...by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the agency continued to ready a major increase in its bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) surveillance program, which is scheduled to begin June 1. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced...
- USDA surveillance for BSE rises.(United States, Department of...
- Magazine article from: Feedstuffs Schuff, Sally July 19, 2004 700+ words
...Agriculture's Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) released the total number of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) tests conducted each year (Figure) by USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratory, other...
- USDA approves BSE rapid tests.(United States. Department of Agriculture, bovine...
- Magazine article from: Feedstuffs April 19, 2004 700+ words
...that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had given Abbott permission to sell and distribute its bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) test. The rapid Enfer BSE test provides results within hours (compared to USDA's current immunohistochemistry...
- USDA to step up BSE tests; feed testing may increase.(United States. Department...
- Magazine article from: Feedstuffs Schuff, Sally March 15, 2004 700+ words
...perhaps as early as this week--a drastic increase in the number of animals it will test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). In a separate but related issue, the Food & Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary...
- Divisive issues can lead to unintended consequences.(Bottom Line Of...
- Magazine article from: Feedstuffs Eng, Kenneth July 19, 2004 700+ words
...involves the bottom line. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision to release preliminary bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) test results prior to final confirmation has become the latest controversial decision to affect the...