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To: Sully- who wrote (24330)	1/14/2004 4:02:19 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 793963

Another Herd Quarantined Due to Mad Cow Link-USDA Wed 14 January, 2004 20:03 Reuters By Randy Fabi WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Another dairy herd in Washington state was quarantined after at least one animal was linked to a Holstein cow infected with mad cow disease, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday. USDA said at least one herdmate of the infected cow was sent to a dairy facility in Quincy, Washington. "USDA believes that as many as seven animals may have been sent to this facility," it said in a statement. "We are working to confirm how many may remain at this facility." The USDA has been investigating the nation's first case of mad cow disease, discovered on Dec. 23 in a Holstein dairy cow in Washington. Officials believe that some of the Quincy herd were imported from Canada with the infected cow. DNA tests have confirmed that the diseased animal was born in Alberta, Canada, more than six years ago. Washington health officials have quarantined thousands of cattle in three other herds in Mabton, Mattawa and Sunnyside, also linked to the infected cow. Some 450 bull calves at the Sunnyside farm were killed last week. The USDA said it has started killing some 130 cattle from the herd in Mabton. USDA officials said there was no evidence that any of these animals were infected with mad cow disease, but were taking these measures out of an "abundance of caution." reuters.co.uk

To: Sully- who wrote (24330)	1/14/2004 7:25:17 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793963

Sounds like it is getting tighter. From a "blue" blog, "Daniel Drezner." I'm actually on the ground here in Iowa, volunteering in the Dean campaign. As such, without compromising my (genuine) commitment to Dean I can tell you what everyone here on the ground knows. In the last week, Kerry and Edwards gained ground. Lots of upper-income families- the people who have nice houses when you knock on the door- or people attracted to the Kennedy style glamour are breaking for Edwards. Phone calling I've done on lists of registered voters confirms. As one expects, veterans are breaking for Kerry. There's only a bare whisper of Clark. Dean support is growing, and Gephardht seems flat. Conversations within the grass-roots Dean movement seem to confirm the above, though of course we are still confident Dean is leading especially with him coming out aggressively on Iraq again. It remains to be seen if late-surge is enough. BTW the oldman is still a conservative which he openly tells his fellow Dean campaign workers, he's just strongly against GW Bush. In Vermont, Dean cut taxes and balanced their budget which is a sight more than Bush ever did. Dean is also pro-NRA and pro-death-penalty. Smells like a Republican to me. I don't tell this to the people I canvass of course though. :-) If it was McCain up on the ballot, I might be working in his campaign instead. posted by: Oldman danieldrezner.com