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Discusses efforts to stop the spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, in Great Britain to the rest of Europe. How older cattle are slaughtered, pulverized into meal, and then burned; Problems with the process, including the lack of incinerators to burn the meal; Panic the spread of the disease has caused in Europe.

Reports on the efforts to test and investigate the prevalence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy disease on cows in Europe.

Reports on the remote possibility that the mad cow disease, a rare brain disease in humans, could be passed through gelatin, which is made from the hides and ground bones of cattle and other animals. Decline in beef purchases in some European countries; Effort of European gelatin-industry officials to ensure safety in gelatin-making process; Cattle parts that are believed by scientists to pose the greatest risks of carrying mad cow disease.

Focuses on the health threat posed by mad-cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy to the United States. Characteristics of the disease; Forecast on the incidence of the condition; Reasons for believing that the disease may never reach epidemic proportions.

Reports on the limitations of tests used to detect mad-cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy in European cows as of December 2000. Risks associated with eating infected beef; Diagnostic tests approved by the European Union; Number of cows infected as of November 2000.

Provides information on the meat market crisis in Germany due to the spongiform encephalopathy or mad-cow disease. Reason behind the presence of the disease in the country; Details on the effort of the country to test its meat.

Deals with the results of an inquiry on how the British government is handling the mad cow disease crisis. Criticism on the lack of importance placed on the human-health risks posed by the disease; Why the government could not have prevented its spread; Compensation for victims of the human variant of the mad cow disease.

Reports on the impact of Great Britain government's report on mad-cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy to the faith of British society in science. Impact of the report on people's trust in the government; How the government handled the problem of mad-cow disease; Information on mad-cow disease.

Reports on the rebound in domestic consumption of beef in Great Britain. The scare from the so-called mad-cow disease; Reason scientists believe that people can eat British beef without fear of the brain disease; The British government's decision to reduce the risk of infection by destroying nearly all the plasma from all blood donations in Britain; The question of overreaction to the problem; Brief background of research on bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE.

Discusses the view of the European Union (EU), that the mad cow disease can be spread through medications offered by American pharmaceutical companies. How the EU officials are using this view to threaten the biggest trans-Atlantic trade dispute since the 1960s; Impact of the July 30, 1997 vote by the European Commission to ban human consumption of all materials thought to present a risk of transmitting the disease.

Focuses on the effects of regulations proposed by the President of the United States Bill Clinton's administration to lessen the chance of mad-cow disease in the United States on meatpackers. Information on the proposed by the Food and Drug Administration; Information on mad-cow disease also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Comments from Bert Mitchell, acting associate director of the FDA's center for veterinary medicine.

Reports that the death of an Indiana man that may be linked to mad cow disease sent grain and livestock futures tumbling in April 1997. Speculation that the man's death might be linked to the disease, driving the price of cattle traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange down by the maximum allowable amount; Impact of the disease in Great Britain beef consumption.

Assesses what effect the fears of `mad cow' disease in Great Britain have had on the United States cattle and beef market in early 1996. Expectation of an American consumer backlash despite the fact that the United States cattle industry is free of the disease; Reaction from meatpackers and supermarket chains; Details on bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Great Britain; Changes in sales as noted by McDonald's, Wendy's International Inc. and supermarkets.

Reveals that in light of the news that some people in Great Britain may have developed a deadly nerve disorder after eating the meat of diseased cows, the scientist who discovered the infectious agent responsible for these diseases is finally receiving the acclaim he deserves. Doctor Stanley B. Prusiner from California and his work to find the prion which causes mad-cow disease; Science awards received by Prusiner; Link between mad-cow disease and the human deaths.

Looks at the epidemic of `mad-cow disease' in Great Britain in 1996, believed to have resulted in the death of at least 10 humans, which raises the discussion of the link between bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in humans. How Harash Narang had offered the British government a new test for mad-cow disease in 1989, but the Brits refused his offer; Concern over methods in the beef industry; The question of safety surrounding English beef.

Reports that the European Union farm ministers has warned Great Britain against reducing or abandoning its cattle slaughter to combat `mad-cow' disease. Slaughter of cows in France and Switzerland in efforts to stamp out cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Reports on British Prime Minister John Major's reconsideration of Great Britain's plans to cull the country's cattle herds in an effort to eradicate mad-cow disease. Action's impact on British relations with the European Union.

Reports that the British government has conceded that the `mad-cow' disease can also be transmitted from infected cows to newborn calves. Blow of the revelation on the beef industry; Question as to the action that will be taken by the government; Findings on bovine spongiform encephalopathy by the US Department of Agriculture.

Reports that the European Union has welcomed the British government's plan to combat `mad-cow' disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Retention of the ban on British beef exports; Potential links between Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and BSE; Plans of the British government to challenge the ban on court; Need for a concrete framework for export restrictions.

Reports that Great Britain has requested the European Union to pay 80 percent of a package of measures including the slaughter of millions of cows to fight beef crisis caused by bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad-cow disease. Prospects on the world-wide ban on British beef exports; British Farm Minister Douglas Hogg's comment on the government's collective culling of other cattle at risk for the disease.

Reports that European Union agriculture ministers will meet in Luxembourg on April 1, 1996 in an effort to search out solutions for the crisis over the mad cow disease in Great Britain. Union's pledge to give financial support for the British beef industry; British National Farmers' Union's suggestion to incinerate suspect British cattle.

Reports on the insignificance of risks for the occurrence of BSE or mad-cow disease on cattle in the United States according to a statement from the US Department of Agriculture. Possibility of risks evolving from the similarity of processing of sheep parts as cattle feed in the United States and in Great Britain; Abundance of soybean meal fed to American cattle reducing BSE risks.

Reports on plans by the British government to launch a damage-control effort to limit the economic and political stigma caused by BSE or mad-cow disease. Consideration of culling herds of cattle to reduce infection risks; Plans for repealing a beef export ban against the country by the European Commission; Budget reserved for culling operations.

Discusses the incidence of mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Great Britain. Risk of contracting Creutzfeldt-Jakob according to World Health Organization's Lindsay Martinez; Lack of knowledge about both diseases; Number of British people that can be afflicted with both diseases each year. INSET: More questions than answers..