(1) Mike Lafferty, Pet owners need not fear mad-cow, veterinarians say; January 4, 2004 Columbus Dispatch (Ohio).

(2) Barry James, Laura Lee News - Mad Cow Disease, Untangling the Deadly 'Mad Cow' Mystery, International Herald Tribune, 2001T.

(3) Steve Mitchell, FDA may recall pet food due to mad cow, December 24, 2003 United Press International.

(4) Dana Flavelle, Nibbles and bits of cats, dogs, and sick cows, July 18, 2003, The Toronto Star.

(5) US News & World Reports, Sept. 1, 1997.

(6) Howard F. Lyman with Glen Merzer, Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat, New York: Scribner, 1998.

(7) From Summer 1996 Earth Island Journal v11, #3, pp. 27-31.

(8) Cpt. Paul Watson, Mad Cow Disease Hits the US The Mad Cowboy's Prediction Comes True, "Counterpunch”, December 24, 2003.

(9)Howard Lyman, May 27, 2003.

(10) Donald G. Mcneil Jr., "USDA Weighs More, Faster Mad Cow Tests - Europe, Japan Test Millions Each Year, Get Results In Hours:" (12/26/03, by NY Times)
[Edited from: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/12/26/MNGRB3UMTV1.DTL]

(11) "The Politics Of Cattle Slaughter:" 12/26/03
[Edited from: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2001823293_madcow26.html]

(12) I.H. Pattison and G.C.Millson, Distribution of the scrapie agent in the Tissue of experimentally inoculated goats, Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics 1962; 72: 233-44. Demonstrated the scrapie agent in blood and muscle.

(13) Report of a WHO Consultation on Public Health Issues Related to Animal and Human Spongiform Encephalopathies, World Health Organization, Office of International Epizootics, Geneva, Switzerland, November 12-14, 1991.

(14) "Prions NOT Found in Just Central Nervous System Tissue:" (Nov. 2003): [From abstract: N Engl J Med 2003;349: 1812-20]

(15) "35% of AMR Meat Samples Found To Have Unacceptable Tissues:" (12/25/03: Kyodo News).

(16) Diane Carman, Feds drop ball on mad-cow precautions January 1, 2004 Denver Post.

(17) Diane Carman, Feds drop ball on mad-cow precautions January 1, 2004 Denver Post.

(18) "U.S. measures to prevent the tissue of cattle infected with the agent of BSE from entering the food chain are not foolproof," states a Nov. 17 report from the Institute of Medicine that urges more funding and study of prion diseases like BSE.

(19) Feeding human and animal sewage to farm animals has been common practice in several European countries. Tue, Oct 26, 1999 By Geoff Meade, European Editor, PA News in Brussels.

(20) Are humans endangered if cattle dine on chicken manure? August 23, 1997. Web posted at: 1:52 p.m. EDT (1752 GMT) Washington (CNN).

(21) Ann Martin, Food Pets Die For and Protect Your Pets, NewSage Press.
(22) Release No. 0457.04Office of Communications (202)720-4623BSE Update – January 2, 2004.

(23) USDA BSE Update - January 9, 2004 Washington, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire.

(24) ICI's ex-chemical weapon insecticide causes BSE & CJD Cover-up Insecticide causes Mad Cow disease Fintan Dunne - Research Kathy Mc Mahon / eionews.com 13dec00.

(25) Myths &Truths About Mad Cow Disease Animal Pharmby Mark PurdeyReprinted from the website of the The Weston A. Price Foundation.

(26) Tara Parker-Pope, Avoid processed foods like hamburgers, hot dogs and sausage, U.S. a little too quick to pat itself on back December 31, 2003, The Wall Street Journal.

(27) Steve Mitchell, UPI Medical Correspondent, "CJD Screening May Miss Thousands Of Cases", 7/22/2003.

(28) "USDA Refused To Release Mad Cow Records:" 12/23/03: WashDC, Dec. 23, '03 (UPI).

(29) "Mad Cow - BSE- CJD Now Likely to Be a Global Infection" according to New Scientist journal, 4.

(30) Mad Cow Disease, What the Government Isn't Telling You{br}http://www.drday.com/madcow.htm

(31) Sabin Russell, USDA lacks power to inform public, mandate returns January 6, 2004, The San Francisco Chronicle.

(32) Mad Cow: Gardenburger Urges Consumers to Object to Plan to Test Only Exported Beef, Irvine, Calif., Jan. 9, PRNewswire-FirstCall

(33) Teamsters Call on Federal Agencies to Ban 'Mad Cow Milk', Dairy Workers Urge Action to Protect Consumers and Industry, Washington, Jan. 9, PRNewswire.

(34) Susan Haywood BVSc, PhD, MRCVS and David R. Brown M.Sc, Ph.D., Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Veterinary Times Volume 33, number 2, 27th January 2003.