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Mad Cow Case Confirmed in California
Yahoo ^ | 4/24/2012 | Puenga Vongs

Posted on 04/24/2012 1:16:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The United States Department of Agriculture confirmed Tuesday that it found a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a dairy cow from central California.

The infected cow was found as part of a "targeted surveillance system," says John Clifford, the USDA's chief veterinary officer. This is the nation's fourth confirmed case of the ailment commonly known as mad cow disease.

"The animal was never presented for slaughter for human consumption, so it at no time presented a risk to the food supply or human health. Additionally, milk does not transmit BSE," Clifford added.

The animal tested positive for atypical BSE, a very rare form of the disease not generally associated with an animal consuming infected feed.

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1 posted on 04/24/2012 1:16:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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California? I thought Boxer and Feinstein were in Washington, DC.


2 posted on 04/24/2012 1:18:51 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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I didn’t know Michele Obama was in California.


3 posted on 04/24/2012 1:19:35 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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Mad Cow claims 1st victim. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
4 posted on 04/24/2012 1:21:47 PM PDT by Autonomous User ( As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.)
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But the TV commercials tell me all the cows in Cali are happy.... this can’t be that there’s a mad one...


5 posted on 04/24/2012 1:22:07 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Willard Romney, purveyor of the world's finest bullmitt. | FR Class of 1998 |)
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6 posted on 04/24/2012 1:23:51 PM PDT by Signalman
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And she's STILL pissed, too!!

7 posted on 04/24/2012 1:24:05 PM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: Signalman

Damn you Damn you to hell!

My eyes my eyes.


8 posted on 04/24/2012 1:25:15 PM PDT by Autonomous User ( As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.)
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To: nickcarraway

Press release here: http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/USDA-Reports-Case-of-Mad-Cow-Disease-in-Central-California-Dairy-Cow-148747615.html


9 posted on 04/24/2012 1:26:44 PM PDT by Drago
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"I didn’t know Michele Obama was in California."

I think you're confusing a mad cow with a angry sow.

10 posted on 04/24/2012 1:27:39 PM PDT by jiminycricket000 (MO)
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To: GOP Poet
"I didn’t know Michele Obama was in California."

I think you're confusing a mad cow with a angry sow.

11 posted on 04/24/2012 1:27:39 PM PDT by jiminycricket000 (MO)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Beat me to it.


12 posted on 04/24/2012 1:28:27 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Do I really need a sarcasm tag? You're really that dense? Really?)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

That is mean, inflammatory,and inappropiate and an apology is due. What did cows do to deserve to be associated with Barbara Boxer?


13 posted on 04/24/2012 1:34:43 PM PDT by Perdogg
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I have seen the commercial... California cows are happy cows.


14 posted on 04/24/2012 1:34:43 PM PDT by Never on my watch (I'd rather light a candle than curse the flatulence.)
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That didn’t take long.


15 posted on 04/24/2012 1:36:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: jiminycricket000

I would call Rosie the sow. I have some and know what they are like.


16 posted on 04/24/2012 1:37:29 PM PDT by taterjay
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"They used to only allow
happy cows in Cali.

We made sure they changed that."

17 posted on 04/24/2012 1:43:08 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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But the TV commercials say that California cows are HAPPY, not MAD.


18 posted on 04/24/2012 1:46:38 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
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I expected this to be a Semmens piece on Pelosi.
19 posted on 04/24/2012 1:48:56 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
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20 posted on 04/24/2012 1:56:38 PM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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