American Nightmare. Debora MacKenzie and others.
by Mackenzie, Debora; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 20Health. Publisher: New Scientist, 2004ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Animals -- Diseases | Beef industry | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy | Cattle -- Feeding and feeds | Food animals | Food supply | Meat -- Contamination | Meat industry and trade | Prion diseases | Public health | United States Dept. of Agriculture | ZoonosesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "This was the moment that USDA officials had hoped--perhaps even believed--would never come. Despite years of warnings from the European Union that the US herd was probably infected, they had always maintained that the country was BSE [bovine spongiform encephalopathy]-free--even after Canada declared its first homegrown case in May 2003." (NEW SCIENTIST) This article discusses the concern over the possibility of an outbreak of mad cow disease in the US and its ramifications to humans.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: American Nightmare, Aug. 7, 2004; pp. 33-41.
"This was the moment that USDA officials had hoped--perhaps even believed--would never come. Despite years of warnings from the European Union that the US herd was probably infected, they had always maintained that the country was BSE [bovine spongiform encephalopathy]-free--even after Canada declared its first homegrown case in May 2003." (NEW SCIENTIST) This article discusses the concern over the possibility of an outbreak of mad cow disease in the US and its ramifications to humans.
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