Bit of an update: Sorry for the Cut and Paste.
7-1-2005 15:38 Texas mad cow stayed on home farm until death-USDA
15:38 Texas mad cow stayed on home farm until death-USDA
WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) - The Brahma crossbreed cow
that was the first U.S.-born victim of mad cow disease spent
its entire life on the same Texas farm, the Agriculture
Department said in its first epidemiology update on the case.
It was culled from a beef herd last November because of
poor health and was dead when a truck arrived at a packing
plant. The carcass was selected for testing later in the day
when it was transported to a pet food plant in Waco.
USDA said it was seeking other herdmates born the same year
as the diseased cow as well as those born a year before or a
year after it. Officials also were trying to track down any
offspring born in the past two years.
USDA did not name the cow's owner.
"The cow was sold through a Texas livestock market on
November 11, 2004. There was a report of this cow being "down"
at one point at the livestock market.
"The cow was part of a load transported to a Federally
Inspected establishment on November 15. Because it was dead on
arrival, it was not unloaded and presented for inspection. The
carcass was transported to a Texas pet food plant later that
day, where it was sampled as part of the BSE enhanced
surveillance effort."
