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Focuses on the efforts of the U.S. government to address issues on the possible presence of mad cow disease in the cattle market as of June 2004. Background of the disease including its transmission to humans; Details of government regulations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to safeguard beef products; Concerns related to mad cow disease testing across the country; Implementation of the government's animal identification plan. INSET: Testing for BSE.

Deals with the decision of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to resume live cattle imports from Canada in 2005. Reaction of a coalition of U.S. rancher led by R-Calf on the decision of USDA; Impact of the new policies on the U.S. beef industry; Similarities between the bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention measures in the U.S. and Canada.

Opposes the mad cow disease policy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Great Britain; Imposition of an import ban by USDA in 1989; Evaluation of the efforts of USDA to prevent the entry of BSE into the U.S. market.

Reports on measures undertaken by the U.S. government since the confirmation of a case of mad cow disease in Washington state in December 1997. Prohibition on the practice of feeding cattle with the ground-up remnants of other ruminants; Changes made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding meat processing.

Reports on the efforts exerted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in an aim to drive bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) cases out of the country as of July 1, 2003. Statement from Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman on the BSE issue; Quality of the agency's surveillance level; Nature of BSE.

The article reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has downplayed a California Holstein discovered to have mad cow disease in April 2012 as an isolated case.

The article reports on the announcement of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that beef supply in the country is safe from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) contamination. It highlights the discovery of BSE in a California cow which was only the fourth U.S. case ever detected. Details on the strategies made by the government to prevent such epidemic are provided.

The article reports that public concern on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) remains high, according to Robert Larson, a professor of clinical sciences at Kansas State University in Manhattan. BSE is a deadly disease that affects the central nervous system of cattle. More than 785,000 cattle have been tested in the U.S., through the surveillance program instituted by the Department of Agriculture.

The article features Mike Johanns, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. While Johanns has succeeded in opening, and reopening, markets for U.S. beef exports, he has avoided rhetoric. He has been aggressive in his approach to educating the public about bovine spongiform encephalopathy and avian influenza. Prior to his appointment, Johanns was governor of Nebraska, a top meat producing state, so he was well acquainted with beef issues.

Reports on the confirmation of the infection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in a cow raised in Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Criticism of the actions of the agency; Consideration of easing restrictions on certain at-risk cows; Proposal of better tracing mechanisms on animals allowed in the food supply.

The article reports that European scientists have confirmed that a Belgium goat suffered from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Scientists initially thought the animal, which died in 2002, had scrapie, a disease related to BSE, commonly known as mad cow disease. The scientific panel, commissioned by the European Union (EU), suggests increased testing in EU countries known to have BSE cases. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports it is sending nine inspectors to ascertain information on at least six cows shipped across the American border from the same Canadian dairy herd as the cow infected with BSE.

The article reveals that though the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that a cow suspected of carrying bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is free of the brain-wasting illness, an official predicts the scare will not be the last. The latest scare involved three rapid screening tests, which returned incondusive for BSE Alerted to the discrepancy, National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Iowa, performed immunohistochemistry tests on the sample. Lyie Vogel, director of the American Veterinary Medical Association's Scientific Activities Division, anticipates similar incidents.

Reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has expanded domestic safeguards against mad cow disease, following the discovery of confirmed case of the disease in 2003. Plan of the department to tag and track the movement of all live cattle beginning in 2005; Development of a standardized National Identification System that would allow livestock to be traced from processor to farm of origin; Implementation of an enhanced bovine spongiform encephalopathy screening procedure by the USDA.

In late June, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an inconclusive test result as part of its program to test cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), according to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA). "The USDA explained this announcement does not mean the U.S. has another case of BSE," says Terry Stokes, chief executive officer of NCBA. The finding is the result of a rapid screening test, which the government is using to test the large numbers of animals in a relatively short time.

Costs of $30 per head or more would be borne by U.S. cattle producers if 100 percent testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) became the standard, the chief economist for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Gregg Doud, reports. And, he says, "if an exception was provided to allow one company to export 100 percent BSE-tested product to Japan, it would become the standard for all export markets and most likely the domestic market, as well." The remarks were made in the aftermath of a United States Department of Agriculture decision to not let Kansas-based Creekstone Farms test all of its cattle as a strategy to reopen beef markets to Japan.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture officials and scientists hosted the Foot and Mouth Disease Global Research Alliance to discuss collaborative research to develop better vaccines and antiviral agents against the virus that causes foot and mouth disease. "This meeting is important to future research and prevention efforts," says U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman. "By bringing world-class research scientists, we can more effectively focus on cooperative research efforts to help fight this disease."

Presents question and answer advisory on the safety of buying kosher meat from mad cow disease. Improvement of the policy of U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase protection from bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Lack of assurance on the safety of kosher meat; Surveillance of the slaughtering of animals for kosher meat.

Focuses on the Animals of the Family Bovidae and Their Products Importation Prohibition Regulations (AOTFBATPIPR) issued by the Canadian government as a response to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy case in the U.S. Difference between Food and Drug Regulations and the AOTFBATPIPR; Items that will be prohibited from being imported from the U.S. under the AOTFBATPIPR; Procedural issues that must be clarified between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Testing for mad cow disease should be dramatically expanded in the U.S., an international panel says. The panel urges that all high-risk cattle older than 30 months should be tested, more than 10 times the number that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced it plans to test. The higher level would allow researchers to gauge the prevalence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and determine whether USDA should implement stricter safeguards. Cattle catch the disease when they eat infected tissue that ends up in their feed. Soon after a case of BSE was detected in Washington state in December, FDA banned dead cows and downer cows from the human food supply.

Reports on the rules issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to minimize the risks of mad cow disease to humans. Information on the first case of the disease; Legislation considered by lawmakers; Number of bovine spongiform encephalopathy cases diagnosed in Great Britain through November 2003.

Reports on the actions taken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to minimize threats of mad cow disease in February 2004. Result of the test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a cow slaughtered in Washington state; List of policies implemented by USDA; Details of possible policy implications that could result from the first case of BSE.

The article states that Alabama and federal officials have announced the completion of an investigation regarding a cow that tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease" in March 2006. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reported that the prevalence of BSE in the U.S. is "extraordinarily low," and as a result, testing for the disease will be scaled back in the coming months. Officials reported that no other animals of interest were located, and the living calf of the BSE-positive animal is being held at the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's National Veterinary Services Laboratory for observation.

Focuses on the decision of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn an injunction that overturned the plan of the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) startup of Canadian cattle trade to the U.S. Details behind the U.S.-Canada live cattle trade; Health safety issues on the live cattle and cattle meat trade due to the onset of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE); Comments of Livestock Marketing Information Center director Jim Robb on the significance of the Midwest corn crop as determinant to the pricing of cattle products.

Focuses on the development of the U.S. Animal Identification Plan Cattle Working Group which aimed to accomplish improving capabilities for animal disease surveillance and monitoring. Grant of the Commodity Credit Corp. to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to begin the first phase of the National Animal Identification System; Outcome of the debate on the issue of confidentiality and costs on the submission of reported data by producers; Details of information on the premises of ID numbers for cattle producers. INSET: The Future Of Animal ID.

Reports on the need for stocker operators to evaluate their production strategies in the wake of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) bovine spongiform encephalopathy regulations that address age of cattle. Restriction of blood meal as feed; Impact of the new feed ruling on small feed companies; Use of dentition by USDA operators to determine the age of the cattle in the absence of birth documentation.

Presents information on the proposed rule by the United States Department of Agriculture which would amend the agency's bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) regulations to establish a minimal risk category for those regions in which an animal has been diagnosed with BSE. Regions allowed under the rule; Animals allowed into the U.S. under the proposed rule; Information on BSE.