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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (297990)	11/18/2004 2:49:48 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Here is one news item to keep on the low ground level radar.. alertnet.org Bio-Rad says rapid mad cow test highly accurate 18 Nov 2004 17:01:13 GMT Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Bio-Rad Laboratories <BIO.A> said on Thursday its rapid screening tests were highly accurate for finding mad cow disease, but a false positive was possible. The U.S. Agriculture Department said earlier on Thursday an animal tested "inconclusive" for mad cow disease in preliminary tests and that it would conduct more sophisticated analysis for confirmation. Brad Crutchfield, vice president of California-based Bio-Rad, said all seven U.S. laboratories testing for mad cow disease were using its quick tests. "The accuracy of our tests is much greater than 95 percent," Crutchfield told Reuters in an interview. However, he said a false positive was possible. One out of every 240,000 double positive tests was a false positive after more sophisticated testing.