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USA
USDA Says Scientists Confirm Mad Cow Finding
WASHINGTON, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Scientists in England, after reviewing U.S. Agriculture Department tests on a slaughtered cow found to have mad cow disease, concluded that the USDA interpreted the tests correctly, according to the USDA.
Further testing on a tissue sample from the cow will be performed by pathologists in Waybridge, England, the USDA said on Thursday, with results expected in coming days.
Mad Cow Investigation To Focus On Birth Herd
America's first mad cow came from a Washington state dairy operation of about 4,000 head, USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) learned overnight. The cow, which was culled from the herd after complications in calving on December 9, was likely four to four and a half years old at the time of slaughter. USDA traceback indicates the animal was from a farm in Mabton, about 40 miles southeast of Yakima.
Potential Impacts From The Washington State BSE Situation
Where did this single Holstein cow with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) come from and where did the feed this animal ate come from? Those appear to be two of the key questions that await answers relative to the Washingtonstate cow that had mad cow disease.
USDA BSE Update: Too Early To Tell on BSE Cow’s Origin
It is still too early to speculate the location of the birth herd of the single Holstein cow that has been confirmed as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), according to Dr. Ron DeHaven, USDA's chief veterinary officer. However, DeHaven expressed a hope during an update for reporters on the BSE situation that such a finding could be made with in a matter of days.
Mad Cow Scaremongers
Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman says that "beef is absolutely safe to eat." Harvard Universityexperts note that the risk of Americans contracting mad cow disease is "as close to zero as you can get." Harvard's in-depth investigation reveals that even if ten cows were infected, there is almost no chance of a wider outbreak. Every reputable expert tells us that the American meat supply is still safe, and that there is no cause for panic. And yet a cabal of animal-rights activists and radical opponents of modern farming are already hitting the airwaves for one purpose: to spread fear and needless alarm.
Mad Cow Takes Further Toll on Tyson
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares in beef processor Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN) were pounded again on Friday, but major hamburger chains like McDonald's Corp. (MCD) recovered modestly, as investors tried to gauge the impact that the first case of U.S. mad cow disease would have on beef demand.
USDA Isolates Second Herd in Mad Cow Probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday it quarantined a second herd in Washington state as part of its investigation into the nation's first case of mad cow disease.
Ron DeHaven, the USDA's chief veterinarian, told reporters that officials quarantined a cattle feeder herd in Sunnyside, Washington, that contains a young bull calf recently born to the infected Holstein cow. The USDA earlier this week quarantined a 4,000-animal herd at another farm where the infected cow lived before it was slaughtered on Dec. 9.
Economist: BSE Cost To Cattle Industry $2 Billion
A Purdue University economist thinks the case of Mad Cow Disease discovered in Washington Statewill have an immediate but not devastating impact on the United States beef industry.
Chris Hurt, Purdue University, agricultural economist, thinks live cattle prices are certain to fall, costing cattle producers money, but he notes those losses will come on the heels of record cattle prices.
Japan
U.S. mad-cow case stuns food industry (Asahi Shimbun)
A government import ban chills hopes for lively holiday sales. The first case of mad cow disease in the United States has ripped expectations of a holiday bonanza out of the dreams of food sellers. In response to the Tuesday announcement, the government Wednesday halted all beef imports from the United States.
Australia
Vet tests confirm US mad cow case
A British veterinary laboratory has confirmed that the UShas its first case of mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Brain cell specimens from the suspect animal, found at a meat-packing firm in the northwestern state of Washington, had already tested positive for BSE at the US Department of Agriculture laboratory in Iowa.
Beef stakes low on mad cow market
Australian beef exporters would have difficulty capitalising on the mad cow-inflicted misfortune of their UScounterparts because the worst drought in a century had dramatically reduced valuable breeding stocks, industry experts said yesterday.
Australian Agricultural Company spokesman Ross Aird said there were not enough surplus cattle which could be sold to Asia to fulfil the huge demand created by the ban on US imports, following the suspected mad cow case in Washingtonstate.
"It makes it tough to take advantage on an increase in prices in Asia," he said.
Mad cow rout burns Big Mac
Shares of burger giant McDonald's plunged in the last trading session before Christmas as beef businesses across the UStook a roasting from a suspected outbreak of mad cow disease. However, there was better news for investors in local beef cattle producer Australian Agricultural Company, whose shares soared nearly 13 per cent on the misfortune of rivals across the Pacific.
South Korea
Government Targets Mis-Labelers of U.S. Beef
The government decided Friday at an emergency meeting called by Prime Minister Goh Kun to start an intensive crackdown targeting meat sellers who mislabel U.S. beef products as having originated elsewhere, while also working to stabilize the demand and supply of beef, in anticipation of a sharp fall in prices.
U.S. Cow Brains, Backbones not Welcome
In connection with the confirmation of a case of mad cow disease in the United States, the importation of cow brains and back bones has been suspended, as has the sale of beef and cow products already on the Korean market.
Mad Cows, Sick Chicks and Pigs Steering Consumers From Meat
As bird flu, pig cholera, and now “Mad Cow Disease” from the U.S. has rolled across the nation, the beef, chicken, and duck meat industries are seeing sharp declines in sales. Overall, consumers are avoiding meat. The government’s failure to aptly respond to the diseases and prevent them from spreading further has added to consumers’ doubts.
USA
USDA Says Scientists Confirm Mad Cow Finding
WASHINGTON, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Scientists in England, after reviewing U.S. Agriculture Department tests on a slaughtered cow found to have mad cow disease, concluded that the USDA interpreted the tests correctly, according to the USDA.
Further testing on a tissue sample from the cow will be performed by pathologists in Waybridge, England, the USDA said on Thursday, with results expected in coming days.
Mad Cow Investigation To Focus On Birth Herd
America's first mad cow came from a Washington state dairy operation of about 4,000 head, USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) learned overnight. The cow, which was culled from the herd after complications in calving on December 9, was likely four to four and a half years old at the time of slaughter. USDA traceback indicates the animal was from a farm in Mabton, about 40 miles southeast of Yakima.
Potential Impacts From The Washington State BSE Situation
Where did this single Holstein cow with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) come from and where did the feed this animal ate come from? Those appear to be two of the key questions that await answers relative to the Washingtonstate cow that had mad cow disease.
USDA BSE Update: Too Early To Tell on BSE Cow’s Origin
It is still too early to speculate the location of the birth herd of the single Holstein cow that has been confirmed as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), according to Dr. Ron DeHaven, USDA's chief veterinary officer. However, DeHaven expressed a hope during an update for reporters on the BSE situation that such a finding could be made with in a matter of days.
Mad Cow Scaremongers
Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman says that "beef is absolutely safe to eat." Harvard Universityexperts note that the risk of Americans contracting mad cow disease is "as close to zero as you can get." Harvard's in-depth investigation reveals that even if ten cows were infected, there is almost no chance of a wider outbreak. Every reputable expert tells us that the American meat supply is still safe, and that there is no cause for panic. And yet a cabal of animal-rights activists and radical opponents of modern farming are already hitting the airwaves for one purpose: to spread fear and needless alarm.
Mad Cow Takes Further Toll on Tyson
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares in beef processor Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN) were pounded again on Friday, but major hamburger chains like McDonald's Corp. (MCD) recovered modestly, as investors tried to gauge the impact that the first case of U.S. mad cow disease would have on beef demand.
USDA Isolates Second Herd in Mad Cow Probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday it quarantined a second herd in Washington state as part of its investigation into the nation's first case of mad cow disease.
Ron DeHaven, the USDA's chief veterinarian, told reporters that officials quarantined a cattle feeder herd in Sunnyside, Washington, that contains a young bull calf recently born to the infected Holstein cow. The USDA earlier this week quarantined a 4,000-animal herd at another farm where the infected cow lived before it was slaughtered on Dec. 9.
Economist: BSE Cost To Cattle Industry $2 Billion
A Purdue University economist thinks the case of Mad Cow Disease discovered in Washington Statewill have an immediate but not devastating impact on the United States beef industry.
Chris Hurt, Purdue University, agricultural economist, thinks live cattle prices are certain to fall, costing cattle producers money, but he notes those losses will come on the heels of record cattle prices.
Japan
U.S. mad-cow case stuns food industry (Asahi Shimbun)
A government import ban chills hopes for lively holiday sales. The first case of mad cow disease in the United States has ripped expectations of a holiday bonanza out of the dreams of food sellers. In response to the Tuesday announcement, the government Wednesday halted all beef imports from the United States.
Australia
Vet tests confirm US mad cow case
A British veterinary laboratory has confirmed that the UShas its first case of mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Brain cell specimens from the suspect animal, found at a meat-packing firm in the northwestern state of Washington, had already tested positive for BSE at the US Department of Agriculture laboratory in Iowa.
Beef stakes low on mad cow market
Australian beef exporters would have difficulty capitalising on the mad cow-inflicted misfortune of their UScounterparts because the worst drought in a century had dramatically reduced valuable breeding stocks, industry experts said yesterday.
Australian Agricultural Company spokesman Ross Aird said there were not enough surplus cattle which could be sold to Asia to fulfil the huge demand created by the ban on US imports, following the suspected mad cow case in Washingtonstate.
"It makes it tough to take advantage on an increase in prices in Asia," he said.
Mad cow rout burns Big Mac
Shares of burger giant McDonald's plunged in the last trading session before Christmas as beef businesses across the UStook a roasting from a suspected outbreak of mad cow disease. However, there was better news for investors in local beef cattle producer Australian Agricultural Company, whose shares soared nearly 13 per cent on the misfortune of rivals across the Pacific.
South Korea
Government Targets Mis-Labelers of U.S. Beef
The government decided Friday at an emergency meeting called by Prime Minister Goh Kun to start an intensive crackdown targeting meat sellers who mislabel U.S. beef products as having originated elsewhere, while also working to stabilize the demand and supply of beef, in anticipation of a sharp fall in prices.
U.S. Cow Brains, Backbones not Welcome
In connection with the confirmation of a case of mad cow disease in the United States, the importation of cow brains and back bones has been suspended, as has the sale of beef and cow products already on the Korean market.
Mad Cows, Sick Chicks and Pigs Steering Consumers From Meat
As bird flu, pig cholera, and now “Mad Cow Disease” from the U.S. has rolled across the nation, the beef, chicken, and duck meat industries are seeing sharp declines in sales. Overall, consumers are avoiding meat. The government’s failure to aptly respond to the diseases and prevent them from spreading further has added to consumers’ doubts.