700 Cattle to Be Killed for ‘Mad Cow’ Testing
From Times Wire Reports
Seven hundred more cattle will be killed for testing by Canadian investigators trying to eliminate suspicions that “mad cow” disease exists beyond one bovine, officials said.
Tests on 192 animals from the most recent herd of the infected cow were negative, and further tests involve cattle from farms linked to the cow or calves she produced, officials said.
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