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Monday, February 19, 2001

Mad-Cow Precautions are Working in U.S.

Almost every day there is national news about mad-cow disease, but most of the stories deal with safeguarding the American public from an outbreak, and not an escalation of the threat itself. "Two recent things here, the feed situation in Texas and the ban on Brazilian beef are really part of what we are doing to prevent the introduction of the disease," says American Farm Bureau Federation animal health specialist, Dr. Ken Olson. To read the full article, please visit the Farm Bureau.