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...Canadians weren't battered enough by microbial menaces after dealing with SARS, along comes mad cow. A routine inspection of a slaughtered Black Angus in Alberta revealed it had been infected with the disease. Inspectors have quarantined 16 sites across Canada as they explore how the cow got sick. Canada's beef industry is reeling--but it could get worse. Officials are checking whether cows on at least three farms in British Columbia may have had access to chicken feed that contained protein from the contaminated cow, thus spreading the disease more widely than thought. --By Alice Park
Last January Richard Angwin, 58, ran into a neighbor he hadn't seen in more than a year. "Do I know you?" the neighbor asked. "I told him who I was, and he said, 'Holy cow! Where's the rest of you?'" Angwin recalls...
...prime minister of France will have beef today-Canadian western beef. I had it yesterday and look how healthy I am this morning." Jean Chrétien, Canadian Prime Minister, after one cow in Canada was found to be infected with...
...program, two U.S. officials and a foreign government source told TIME. The scientist provided valuable information on the "location, degree of development in capabilities, where they are," one U.S. official said. The information helped confirm that the North Korean program is much further along than the CIA suspected. Mad Cow Moos Again CANADA A routine inspection of a slaughtered Black Angus in Alberta revealed it had been infected with BSE. Food inspectors fear parts of the contaminated cow may have been inadvertently served to other cattle as feed, infecting them and potentially any beef eaters who consumed them. Inspectors quarantined...
These feel like frightening times. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and terrorism are only the latest in a litany of fresh perils, from snipers to West Nile virus to mad cow disease. Many say things are riskier for humans now than they have ever been...