Canadian officials trace 67 herdmates of BSE cow
CANADa - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Friday it has traced 67 herdmates of an Alberta cow that tested positive for mad cow disease as it investigates Canada's latest case of the deadly brain-wasting condition. "At this point...

Tests on cattle from Alberta farm where new BSE case found negative: CFIA
ALBERTA - Tests on 25 cattle from an Alberta farm where the latest case of mad cow disease was found are negative, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. The test group included 24 cattle born on the farm 12 months before or after the infected...

BSE confirmed but will not affect border
CANADA - A new case of mad cow disease was confirmed in Alberta over the weekend, but officials are saying it will not affect the beef and cattle export industry. The Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed bovine spongiform encephalopathy...

Canada confirms fourth mad cow case
CANADA - Canada has confirmed it has had a fourth case of mad cow disease, just as its cattle industry starts to recover from export trade bans. The US says it will keep its northern border with Canada open, despite the outbreak on a dairy farm...

Canada's new mad cow case draws mixed reactions in US
CANADA - While some U.S. cattle industry groups called for halting cattle and beef trade with Canada after a new case of mad cow disease was confirmed there, the U.S. secretary of agriculture said suspension of trade is unlikely. Canadian Food...

Farmers' $20B mad-cow court case proceeds
CANADA - Farmers wanting to sue a feed grain company and the federal government in a class-action lawsuit involving mad cow disease can go ahead, an Ontario Superior Court judge has ruled. The farmers allege Ridley Inc. and Ottawa were negligent...

New excellence network to study prion diseases
CANADA - A new network of centres of excellence, called PrioNet Canada, has been established with $35 million funding over the next seven years by the federal government. The centre will pool the collective expertise of Canadian prion researchers...

Bison industry bounces back after BSE crisis
CANADA - Canadian ranchers who hung on to their bison during the BSE crisis are now reaping the rewards in a big way. Bison were lumped in with cattle when the U.S. border slammed shut to ruminants after mad cow disease was detected in an Alberta...

Cattle group loses case to re-hear Canadian beef case
CANADA - Cattle producer group R-CALF in the United States has again been unsuccessful in its attempt to have a case against Canadian beef imports re-heard. The border was re-opened in July this year but the group is arguing the risk of BSE...

Canadian Beef Industry Stronger in Wake of BSE
CANADA - A stronger Canadian dollar and new and expanded packing plants have provided the Canadian beef industry with an unexpected result: strength rather than weakness in the wake of the nation's BSE crisis. By 2007, industry officials expect Canadian...

Canadian Beef Industry Stronger in Wake of BSE
CANADA - A stronger Canadian dollar and new and expanded packing plants have provided the Canadian beef industry with an unexpected result: strength rather than weakness in the wake of the nation's BSE crisis. By 2007, industry officials expect...

Canadian Cattle Industry Finds Upside To BSE Crisis
CANADA - After two years of anxiety and uncertainty, cattle producers across the country are gearing up for a brighter fall in the firm belief that the mad-cow crisis has strengthened their industry at home. The U.S. border recently opened to young...

Canadian Cattle Industry Finds Upside To BSE Crisis
CANADA - After two years of anxiety and uncertainty, cattle producers across the country are gearing up for a brighter fall in the firm belief that the mad-cow crisis has strengthened their industry at home. The U.S. border recently opened to...

Canadian cattle trickle south
CANADA - After 26 months, the American border has reopened and trucks filled with Canadian livestock are moving, but local producers remain cautious. “It is with great pleasure that I advise today is the first day since May, 2003 that live cattle...

With cattle moving, 2 BSE programs halted
CANADA - Now that Canadian cattle are free to move across the U.S. border, two federal-provincial cattle industry support programs have been canceled. As of Wednesday, the Canada-Saskatchewan feeder calf set aside program and fed cattle set aside program...

First load of Canadian cattle shipped over border since 2003 BSE crisis
CANADA - Canada's beleaguered beef industry heralded the resumption of the cattle trade Monday as livestock crossed into the United States for the first time since anxiety over mad cow disease closed the border more than two years ago. Source:...

The Canadian beef scare
CANADA - On Thursday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, siding with the federal government, ruled in favor of reopening U.S. markets to Canadian cattle. This is good news and long overdue. Since the ban went into effect, the U.S. beef industry...

Canadian official: BSE risk 'low'
CANADA - As the chief veterinary officer for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Brian Evans doesn’t see a great need to develop a live-animal BSE test. He also doesn’t believe that every single animal should be tested at slaughter. Instead, with...

$8 billion mad cow disaster blamed on Canadian Food Inspection Agency
OTTAWA - Canada's $8-billion mad cow disaster can be squarely attributed the failure of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to assess economic consequences of even a single infection, says a leading expert. Source: Macleans

Agriculture ministers plan for contingencies in advance of BSE court hearings
CANADA - As a series of impending U.S. court dates casts Canadian beef exports once more into question, provincial and federal agriculture ministers gathered Wednesday to devise worst-case scenario plans. "What we're looking for is consensus as to...