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To: Bucky Katt who wrote (16636)12/23/2003 6:42:27 PM
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First Case of MadCow Disease Confirmed in Washington State!

cnn.com

First U.S. mad cow case confirmed

Tuesday, December 23, 2003 Posted: 6:34 PM EST (2334 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The first case of mad cow disease in the United States has been discovered in Washington state, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.

Further tests will be conducted in the UK to confirm the case, said Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman.

BSE is linked to a similar form of the incurable brain-wasting disease in humans, called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or vCJD. There have been a small number of cases of vCJD reported worldwide, primarily in the United Kingdom, in people who consumed BSE-contaminated meat.

"A single cow has tested presumptive positive for BSE, commonly known as mad cow disease. Despite this finding we remain confident in the safety of our food supply," said Veneman.

"While this would represent the first finding of BSE in the United States we have worked hard to ensure our response is swift and effective."

Mad cow disease first appeared in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s and resulted in the slaughter of millions of cattle.

The infectious agent takes at least six to eight years to cause symptoms in cows, meaning that the infected cow may have spread the disease to other cattle during that time.
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