This just in: the mad dairy cow came from Canada:
Mr DeHaven said preliminary information he had just received suggested that the infected animal “likely entered the United States as part of a group of 74 dairy cattle that were imported through the border crossing at Eastport, Idaho, originating from a dairy herd in Alberta, Canada in 2001.”
A case of mad cow disease was reported in Alberta last spring.
Happy Fun Steve, himself a Canadian of considerable fame and authority, says the only way to prevent the spread of BSE is for cows to practice attachment parenting, and we here under the moss heartily agree — it’s premature weening that causes all these problems, you know.
Link via Al Hawkins, RN.
Dean Faults Bush Over Mad Cow Precautions
http://tinyurl.com/yvag6