86 of 97 in mad cow heard can not be traced - do we care?

[papau]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60331-2004Jan6.html

DNA Tests Trace Infected Holstein to Canada
By Shankar Vedantam and Deneen L. Brown
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, January 7, 2004; Page A08
DNA tests prove that a Washington state Holstein cow found infected with mad cow disease was born and likely infected in Canada, U.S. and Canadian government officials said yesterday.

Tracking the first case of mad cow disease detected in the United States to a farm in the province of Alberta solves a thorny problem for investigators -- it points to a potential source of infection and suggests that U.S. safety regulations may have successfully prevented the transmission of the dreaded disease within this country.
But the results also deepened the mystery of how the disease might have spread in North America, and raised fears that other animals may have become infected and entered the food supply.
For example, 97 cattle were sent to the United States starting in August 2001 from the same Alberta herd as the infected Holstein. Officials do not know where 86 of the animals are. <snip>

next days story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60265-2004Jan6.html

[leftchick]

1. could very well be" what's for dinner"....

If you eat meat....

[papau]

2. Seems we can't even remove herd from food chain - will media say anything?

I doubt we will see any comment on 6 O'Clock News!

:-)

And these are what we caught out after not testing 500,000 annual downer - can't walk - cows that the rest of the world removes from the food chain.

God forbid we have a cow ID system - or add 2 cents per pound to meat cost to have same day test results of all beef.