AMERICANS WEATHER CATTLE CRISIS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. As Europeans try to contain a growing panic that mad cow disease mad cow disease: see prion. mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) Fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Symptoms include behavioral changes (e.g. in Britain can cause grave human illness, Americans seem to be staying calm and confident that the beef in their burgers is safe. Cattle ranchers, packing houses and retailers say they've fielded only a few questions about the disease. And most consumers buttonholed Thursday insist they trust federal safety guidelines on beef processing. ``I think the people in this country are on top of what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. with the beef and the meat,'' Earl Headley, 48, a visiting New Yorker said Thursday outside a downtown Chicago Burger King. ``There are enough safeguards.'' U.S. beef sales and prices have remained steady since March 20, when the British government said there may be a link between mad cow disease and the human equivalent, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: see prion. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or CJD Rare fatal disease of the central nervous system. It destroys brain tissue, making it spongy and causing progressive loss of mental functioning and motor control. , which is fatal. The United States has not imported British beef since 1985. |
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