[Vision2020] First Mad Cow Case in U.S.

Dick Schmidt dickschmidt@moscow.com
Tue, 23 Dec 2003 15:10:13 -0800


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Visionaries,

This news is devastating!=20

The first-ever U.S. case of mad cow disease is suspected in a single cow =
in Washington state, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said Tuesday.

The USDA secretary said that the testing was presumed to be positive, =
but emphasized that the chance of humans contracting the disease was =
extremely rare.
 Here is the URL to the entire story.

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/ny-usmadcow1224,0,6747920,print.story?coll=3D=
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Dick Schmidt
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