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Am I reading this right? It tested positive (rapid) last Nov. and they don't know what herd it came from? They are just now looking for where it came from? I am amazed at the inept bungling in the USDA.
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DNA testing to find herd where diseased animal came from

06/25/2005

Associated Press

The government is conducting D-N-A tests to find the herd where an animal with mad cow disease came from -- and, hopefully, the source of the infection.

Yesterday, the U.S. confirmed what may be its first homegrown case of mad cow disease. Officials haven't said where the cow turned up.

Pinpointing the cow's herd will help track the animal's feed and explain how it became infected. The only known way the disease spreads is through feeding infected cattle remains to other cattle, which the U.S. banned in 1997.

The Agriculture Department's chief veterinarian says "We're pretty confident that we have the herd, but we want to make sure."

The secretary of agriculture has stressed the animal posed no risk to humans as it never made it into the food supply.
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