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Hot Topic:  Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

Industry News:  January • February • March April May June • July • AugustSeptember • October • November • December
NIAA Publications:  2007
Presentations:  2009 NIAA Annual Meeting
Committee:  Cattle
2009-2010 Resolutions:  Cattle CommitteeEmerging Diseases Committee
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BSE Surveillance Program:  (866) 536-7593


Industry News

MARCH

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Will Press Japan On Beef, Toyota Double-Standard (3-4-10)

Australia Lifts Imported Beef Ban 9 Years After Mad Cow (3-2-10)

NOVEMBER

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Australia Modernizes BSE Rules (11-2-09)

SEPTEMBER

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Japan To Retain 20-Month Rule? (9-4-09)

AUGUST

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Scan Identifies Early TSE Symptoms in Live Cattle (8-31-09)

JUNE

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Link Between Farmed Fish and Mad Cow Disease (6-26-09)

MAY

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Tonsil Tests Reveal No CJD (5-27-09)

Alberta Cow Tagged as Canada's 16th BSE Case (5-15-09)

New Techniques Developed for TSE Testing (5-6-09)

APRIL

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FDA Confirms April 27 Effective Date for Final Feed Ban (4-23-09)

Funds Available For Dead Animal Removal (4-15-09)

NCBA: FDA Ignoring Environmental & Economic Impacts Of Feed Ban (4-7-09)


NIAA Publications

2007

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‘Controlled Risk Country’ for BSE (Summer, Cattle Health Report)

Variation in the U.S. Bovine Prion Gene Identified (Spring, Animal Agriculture Quarterly, Cattle Health Report)


Presentations

2009 NIAA Annual Meeting:  The Changing Face of Animal Agriculture

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Cattle Committee Session
     New FDA Feed Regulations, Renderer Requirements, and Impact on Cattle Producers     
     Dr. David Meeker, National Renderers Association


2009- 2010 Resolutions

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  • Cattle:  Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Risk Assessment and Use of Bovine Blood
  • Emerging Diseases:  Expanded Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Test

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