WSU one of 7 schools picked for wider mad cow testing

[icymist]

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

WSU one of 7 schools picked for wider mad cow testing

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/166933_madcow30x.html

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES

Washington State University has been selected to begin testing for mad cow disease as part of the federal government's tenfold increase in surveillance.

The lab could begin accepting brain and tissue samples from dairy and beef cattle in mid-May, and provide test results within one day, WSU spokesman Charlie Powell said yesterday.

WSU and six other schools selected for the expanded testing program will use a rapid testing method to provide quicker results and aid the nation's expanded effort to determine whether and to what extent mad cow exists in the United States.

The other schools are the University of California at Davis, Colorado State, Texas A&M, Georgia, Wisconsin and Cornell.

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[dawgman]

1. Will they "coug" it like they do in athletics?

[skooooo]

3. Hey! Cougs are on the rise!

Heh heh. I work there. Guess I should be proud..?

[dawgman]

4. It would be kinda hard to go down from where they are so any

change of direction has to be up.

[skooooo]

5. Hey their football team is good!!

You gotta give credit where credit is due!

[democracyindanger]

6. lol

They'll work really hard to come within a hair of creating a cure, and then suddenly, inexplicably make the disease even worse.

[mikey_1962]

2. Moo U must be sooo proud!!!

[skooooo]

7. Hey, Would you post this story on the main board??

I can't make my own threads yet, because I'm new, but I'd like to see people discuss thsi.

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