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USA TODAY 29-Dec-03

Canadian officials provided records indicating the sick Holstein was in a herd of 74 cattle shipped from Alberta, Canada, in August 2001 at Eastport, Idaho. USA TODAY 29-Dec-03. Mad Cow Disease Outbreak in the United States Following the Story in USA Today.

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USA TODAY 29-Dec-03

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  1. Canadian officials provided records indicating the sick Holstein was in a herd of 74 cattle shipped from Alberta, Canada, in August 2001 at Eastport, Idaho. USA TODAY 29-Dec-03

  2. Mad Cow Disease Outbreak in the United States Following the Story in USA Today

  3. “The 10,410 pounds of meat produced at Vern's Moses Lake Meats in Moses Lake, Wash., on Dec. 9 — where the infected animal was slaughtered — has since made its way to groceries and distributors in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Guam, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, the USDA's Ron DeHaven said Sunday. “ Recall areas Alaska Montana Hawaii Idaho Guam Wash. state Oregon California Nevada USA TODAY 28-Dec-03

  4. Risk Estimates The risk of someone in the USA being infected right now is "infinitesimal," said Fred Kilbourne, an actuary in San Diego and an expert on risk. He calculates the prospect as one in 1 million, the same as the risk of being killed in a crash of a commercial jet. "The average American is twice as likely to be killed next year in a bicycle accident, and 150 times as likely to be killed in an automobile accident, and about 1,500 times as likely to die of clogged arteries," he says. USA TODAY 28-Dec-03

  5. USDA to recall beef linked to Mad Cow Disease USA TODAY 24-Dec-03

  6. “…the holstein cow’s last home was a large dairy operation in southern Washington state where it had been since 2001. Authorities also were scrambling to find where the meat cut from the animal was sent. USA TODAY 24-Dec-03

  7. Beef Trade quaked… Beef future trading effectively stopped on Wednesday USA TODAY 25-Dec-03

  8. Secretary Ann Veneman indicated that the cow was found in Mabton and Slaughtered in Chehalis Washington USA TODAY 24-Dec-03

  9. Japan Ban on Beef US Top Importer Other countries joining Ban Mexico Russia Brazil Australia Taiwan Singapore Thailand Malaysia Chile USA TODAY 25-Dec-03

  10. Mad Cow Emergency Plan • Designed to cordon off any cattle that my have been in contact with the infection • Never been used before • Was this the first case? Most critical question • Trace the ill cow to see what other cows have been in contact with it • Slaughter houses preventing ill cows from being included in the food chain USA TODAY 24-Dec-03

  11. Costco store manager Dave Ryan says his store doesn’t buy meat from the area where the disease was found. 12/25/03

  12. Investigators try to trace infected cow to birth herd “The risk to human life is extremely low” Secretary Ann Veneman USA TODAY 25u-Dec-03

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