BSE Archives - Page 9 of 9 - Manitoba Co-operator

ALMA Supports BSE-Testing Study

By Will Verboven November 19, 2009

“This idea arose from a meeting between ALMA, APRI and PrioNet Canada to determine what prion-related issues were facing the livestock industry.” A proposal for a study that has been a long time coming is being initiated by a consortium made up of the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA), the Alberta Prion Research Institute

Opinion

Letters – for Nov. 5, 2009

November 5, 2009

Cattle business future a sensitive subject First of all, I would like to apologize to any seniors who took offence to my comments on the beef business in the article “High Dollar, Bad U. S. Economy Hitting Cow-Calf Producers,” in the Oct. 22 Manitoba Co-operator. Over the years I have learned a lot from some

Beef cattle, Livestock

Czechs Confirm BSE Case

April 2, 2009

Czech state veterinarians said March 27 they had found a new case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a cow in the north of the country and they would cull around 200 related cattle. It was the first case of the so-called “mad cow” disease in the central European state since two emerged in 2007.

News

BSE test-kit firms raided in Belgium

January 29, 2009

Belgian authorities launched dawn raids Jan. 20 on several laboratories in an investigation into alleged price fixing of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) tests. “We had some information that the prices were the same among the different laboratories, and this is the reason why we made the dawn raids,” Bert Stulens, the prosecutor general for Belgium’s

Livestock, News

Bad feed to blame

November 13, 2008

An official investigation into Canada’s 13th case of mad cow disease said on Thursday infected feed was most likely to blame – the same reason given in many previous cases. The animal, a five-year-old dairy cow from a farm in British Columbia, was identified in June 2008. Since then an additional instance of bovine spongiform

Daily Network News

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

JBS profit falls amid still-challenging US market environment

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Tag Archives BSE

ALMA Supports BSE-Testing Study

Letters – for Nov. 5, 2009

Czechs Confirm BSE Case

BSE test-kit firms raided in Belgium

Bad feed to blame

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Sept. 5, 2025

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Latest Market News