Hmmm. If the US really tests all cattle stock for BSE on a regular
basis, it's a well kept secret.

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On Tue, 09 May 2006 18:35:47 -0700, Mark Thorson wrote:

> Oh, great! We're in the exponential-growth
> phase, and USDA wants to turn off the lights.
>
> Quoting from:
> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...4&refer=canada
>
> The U.S. may reduce
> the number of tests for mad-cow disease by
> almost 90 percent after data collected over two
> years showed the domestic herd is healthy,
> government officials said.
>
> The decision on whether to cut back on tests
> will be made after experts review a draft
> analysis of data on almost 700,000 animals
> screened since June 2004, Agriculture Secretary
> Mike Johanns said today at a news conference
> in Washington. The testing program turned up
> two cases after the U.S. found its first mad-cow
> infection in December 2003.

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