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Government asks court to block wider testing for mad cow ,chicagotribune.com

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Government 'asks' court to block wider testing for mad cow!
Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority. , Prions are able to jump species barriers , prions can continue to live for years in soil & water and infect blood banks unless screened with new procedures just being developed, other Prion Diseases include;
Kuru,
Alzhiemer's disease,
Parkinson's disease,
Huntington's disease,
Fatal Familial Insomnia,
BSE,Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy,
CJD,Creutzfeldt Jakob's Disease,
CWD, Chronic Wasting Disease,
Alpers disease,
Scrapies Sheep Disease,
TSE,Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies,
Transmissible mink encephalopathy,
Feline spongiform encephalopathy,
Ungulate spongiform encephalopathy,
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