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USDA extends mad cow testing at WSU veterinary college

PULLMAN, Wash. The only mad cow testing laboratory in the Pacific Northwest will remain open for at least another six months, but officials insist it isn't because of increased fears of the chronic brain-wasting disease in the region.

The U-S Department of Agriculture says it extended the contract with Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine to test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease.

The USDA has extended the contract through Sept. 30, with the option for further extensions.

The lab had been closed March first after USDA reduced its mad cow testing program nationwide.

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Full post as published by Mad Cow Blog on April 05, 2007 (boomark / email).