USDA rejects calls to test younger cows
Mad cow disease unlikely to show up before 30-month cutoff, agency says. Amid calls for more testing in the wake of the nation's first case of mad cow disease come key questions with no uniform answers: At what age should animals be tested and exactly how many tests are enough?Citizen and consumer groups say the country should target testing of younger animals -- cows 20 months and older -- as the best way to detect all possible cases of mad cow disease.
Source: SeattlePI
30 January 2004
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