AR-News: U.S. ends search for more mad cow cases; will focus on prevention

[Animalconcerns]

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Agriculture Department is ending its search for
additional cases of mad cow disease even though officials have not found
several animals suspected of having eaten the potentially infectious feed
believed to have caused the only known U.S. case.

"Our investigation is now complete," Dr. Ron DeHaven, the department's
chief veterinarian, said Monday. "We feel very confident the remaining
animals, the ones we have not been able to positively identify, represent
little risk." The closure leaves officials not knowing what happened to 11
head of cattle among 25 that authorities say were most likely to have
eaten the same feed as that given to a Holstein diagnosed in Washington
state with mad cow after it was slaughtered on Dec. 9.

full story:
http://canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040209/CPW/8570018

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