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3/31 Concerns about deer and elk disease still high
3/30 Colorado jump of wasting disease a peril to state's economy
3/30 Wasting illness hits unparalleled 50% of herd
3/29 Boulder 'botches' deer disease issue
3/28 Wisconsin may limit deer feeding practices
3/27 A wasting disease outbreak in MN 'would be devastating'
3/24 Dairy state's whitetail deer herd threatened
3/24 Chronic wasting disease could lead to disaster in Wisconsin
3/24 End Game Ranching -- Immediately
3/24 Millions of Europeans, tourists may have been exposed
3/23 Attacking the scourge of chronic wasting disease
3/23 Now Deer Are Really Mad
3/21 Scientists are alarmed by chronic wasting disease
3/21 Wisconsin session on chronic wasting disease evokes fears
3/21 'you can't in good conscience let people eat venison'
3/19 Rising harvest of Wisconsin carcasses being tested
3/18 Canadian Cattlemen's Association letter criticized
3/18 Report: 1998 memo urges state action against deer disease
3/17 Chronic wasting disease could "spread like wildfire."
3/17 'Watching this develop has been like a prairie fire'
3/16 DNR launches offensive on chronic wasting disease
3/16 Science, cowboy culture in High Plains showdown over elk
3/16 700 deer in Wisconsin test area might be infected
3/15 Ill deer: out of dying plan, into the pyre?
3/14 "Mad deer disease" confirmed in national park
3/14 Denver Post editorial: More at stake than deer
3/14 Texas at risk for deadly chronic wasting disease
3/14 Wisconsin asks hunters to shoot deer to test for disease
3/11 Wisconson Faulted for Ignoring Deer Disease
3/12 Boston Globe editorial: Mad-cow safeguards
3/10 Wisconsin game farm owners, ranchers share illness concerns
3/10 Wisconsin hunters "upbeat" despite deer ailment
3/10 Minnesota Deer Hunters Association: stop deer baiting
3/9 Wisconsin boosts deer kill to 500 animals
3/9 Texas move on deer importing may be too late
3/9 Deer Hunting editor's take on Wisconsin "time bomb"
3/9 Testing to be required for chronic wasting disease
3/8 Half of northeastern Nebrask deer herd may be killed
3/8 1,000 more elk may be killed in Colorado
3/8 Killing of Water Buffaloes Senseless
3/8 Wisconsin Assembly, Senate pass bills on captive wildlife
3/7 Wisconsin legislator urges steps to protect deer health
3/4 20 million white-tailed deer placed "at risk"
3/4 Wildlife experts talk to Wisconsin legislators about disease
3/1 Mad Deer Disease Spreads into Wisconsin
3/1 U.S. beef exports hurt by Japanese mad cow outbreak
2/28 For first time, chronic wasting disease found in Wisconsin
2/27 Watchdogs Blast U.S. Mad Cow Disease Enforcement
2/27 Mad Cow Disease Defenses are Inadequate, GAO Says
2/26 FDA Not Doing Enough to Prevent Mad Cow Disease?
2/24 Chronic wasting disease confirmed in South Dakota wild herd
2/24 Wasting disease can remain infectious in soil says expert
2/22 Wildlife board approves plan to kill 4,500 deer
2/22 Biologist lashes out at Canadian hunting practices
2/22 Compromise reached in Canadian water buffalo case
2/21 Chronic wasting disease found in South Dakota
2/19 Review of chronic wasting disease in Colorado newspaper
2/19: 200 Colorado elk killed to contain mad cow-like disease
2/17 Lions may be helping in CWD control efforts
2/15 Activists question Colorado deer and elk cull plan
2/14 Efforts to eliminate diseased elk continue in Colorado
2/12 Tyson Foods found in violation of mad cow feed ban
2/12 Grisly job of slaughtering elk herd continues
2/11 Hunting farms urged for Alberta, Canada
2/8 Officials to kill 350 elk at Colorado ranch
2/8 Elk kill begins at ill-fated ranch
2/7 U.S. May Have Imported Banned Beef
2/7 Outlook bleak for future meatpacking plant
2/6 U.S. beef consumer spending hits record $ 57 billion
2/4 Nebraska deer disease could pose threat in South Dakota
2/4 Fawns discovered with chronic wasting disease
2/3 Idaho becomes battleground for elk rancher's rules dispute
2/2 Deadly quest to stop chronic wasting disease in Nebraska
2/1 Tenth wild deer with CWD confirmed in Nebraska
1/31 Humane Society Calls for End to Downed Animal Slaughter
1/31 Millions of federal funds seal fate of 350 Colorado elk
1/30 Chronic wasting disease may spur Colorado quarantine
1/24 Chronic wasting disease is devastating elk farming
1/21 US Meat Groups Oppose Mad Cow Disease Rules
1/20 USDA mulling new mad cow restrictions on beef
1/17 Nebraska cracks down on mule deer over wasting disease
1/16 Nebraska Game rules address chronic wasting disease
1/14 Elk ranchers in Colorado in limbo over CWD
1/14 Residents decry plan to slash deer numbers in Colorado
1/12 78 deer, 1 elk killed in CWD program
1/12 Article about chronic wasting disease in The Economist
1/11 Colorado Wildlife Division imposes ban despite objections
1/9 Mad cow disease: Canada could be next
1/8 Colorado Elk-import plan's rejection sets up showdown
1/7 Nebraska officials negotiate with landowner over CWD
1/7 Chronic wasting disease worries spur push for new rules
1/7 Neb. officials plan deer slaughter to look for illness
1/6 CWD concern leaves stock show without an elk sale
1/2 Canada's elk and deer population is being decimated
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Mad Cow Europe Top

2002

12/19 McDonald's posts first loss in history
12/9 Mad cow disease helps Japan's organic movement grow
11/19 'BSE-resistant' sheep succumbs to disease in lab test
11/10 McDonald's 'disastrous year' blamed in part on mad cow
10/31 Patients in CJD blunder facing 20 years of dread
10/26 Hopes are revived for CJD drug
10/22 First human case of mad cow disease found in Italy
10/21 What the government isn't telling you about mad deer disease
10/12 This year worst on record for mad cow disease in Ireland
10/11 Mad cow meat 'went into millions of burgers'
10/11 Danger meat was 'fed to children for up to 15 years'
10/10 Number of mad cows underestimated by almost a million
10/9 German test for mad cow disease effective in 15 minutes
10/6 Builders test use of animal ash in making houses
10/3 France lifts ban on British beef after six-year dispute
10/2 Japanese agriculture minister sued over mad cow disease
9/28 EU: 25 year old woman first victim of mad cow disease in Italy
9/8 Worries remain in Japan over BSE one year later
9/4 Slaughterhouse anti-BSE measures flaunted 16 years later
8/29 Japan Traces Mad Cow Outbreak to Calf Feed
8/26 Europe may ban sheep intestine containing haggis
8/23 Health officials confirm Japan's 5th mad cow disease case
8/9 Noxious byproduct of mad cow disease haunts France
7/22 Mad cow disease blamed for 64 bankrupsies in Japan
6/20 First case of human mad cow disease in South Africa
6/14 Sheep's intestines ban could spell end for British banger
6/5 First case of mad cow confirmed in Israel
5/23 Beef find in Dutch poultry raises mad cow fears
5/15 British government BSE adviser warns about European beef
5/13 Japanese vet commits suicide after detecting fourth mad cow
5/13 New Japan mad cow fear
5/4 First case of mad-cow disease discovered in Poland
4/15 BSE advisers to meet in public in anti-secrecy drive
4/12 France condemned after BSE discovered
4/3 Mad cow report slams Japanese farm ministry
3/29 Continued mad cow rise in Ireland threatens beef trade
3/26 McDonald's stock prices drops for sixth straight quarter
3/25 Scandals cause Japanese to lose their appetites
3/24 Mad cow report incenses Japanese agro-interests
3/18 Cases of BSE-infected cattle rise in Portugal
3/18 Italy has tested over 600,000 animals for mad cow
3/16 France snubs call to end mad cow disease beef ban
3/11 Britain can't sell its beef even after ban is ended
3/9 Mad cow blamed as Japan sinks further into recession
3/3 Japan scandal hits Mcdonald's
3/1 British investigation into feed imports
2/26 Mad cow disease cannot be inherited by calves, study finds
2/22 Japanese meat company to shut down amid labeling scandal
2/18 Review of mad cow history from dean of Brown U Med
2/16 Fourth human fatality in France from mad cow disease
2/16 Government should support consumers, not farmers
2/16 Japanese government mad cow scandal eroded public trust
2/16 Eleven more cases of BSE in past week in Ireland
2/14 Italian bone meal possible cause of Japan's mad cow disease
2/11 Mad cow panic halves beef purchases in Japan
2/5 Support for Japanese leader plunges
2/5 Tokyo reels from latest mad cow disease scandal
2/5 Japan Parliament rejects no-confidence against ag minister
2/4 Tons of beef to be destroyed in Germany after faulty tests
2/4 Cliquey Japanese meat dept kept scam quiet
1/25 Mad cows born after feed curbs cause concern
1/15 Mad cow meat in human food chain
1/6 Concern expressed at high level of Irish mad cow disease
1/6 Older Japanese cows have nowhere to go
1/3 Mad cow disease scare in Japan continues to spread

2001
12/29 France continues to block British beef exports
12/29 France set to overtake Britain in new BSE cases
12/26 Top Japanese officials resign over 'mad cow'
12/25 Japan must take rapid, radical steps to fight mad cow
12/24 British scientists widen BSE checks to deer
12/18 Sweden investigates suspected first case of mad cow
12/15 Blair presses French to lift ban on beef
12/14 Japan to incinerate 25 million pounds of stored beef
12/13 Human folly created mad cow disease
12/12 All of European Union now affected except for Sweden
12/10 First case of mad cow disease discovered in Austria
12/8 UK 'fails to record full extent of BSE'
12/7 First case of mad cow disease found in Finland
12/6 Mad cow hammers Japan's restaurateur
12/1 Label error led to brains mix-up in mad cow study
12/1 3rd Japanese cow tested positive for mad cow disease
11/30 Ireland records highest monthly mad cow tally ever
11/28 Is there a hidden sheep epidemic of mad cow disease?
11/27 Report: Paris slow to respond to mad cow disease
11/23 Japan to slaughter, burn 5,100 cattle to calm fears
11/21 Anti-mad cow steps at trial-error stage in Japan
11/20 Second Japanese mad cow may have eaten same milk replacer
11/15 11 cows killed in Slovakia today after 3rd confirmed case
11/14 Traces of bonemeal in flour prompt Swiss investigation
11/13 Australia implementing stronger feed ban
11/8 Mad cow disease may be far more widespread than reported
11/8 McDonald's Japan slashes year forecast due to mad cow
11/4 In Japan, Beef Business Sinks in a Sea of Skepticism
11/2 Are British lamb chops infectious or not?
10/28 The British meat industry used evasion and obfuscation
10/22 Under pressure to explain BSE test blunder
10/21 BSE sheep warnings ignored for years
10/21 Sunday Times editorial on BSE-sheep blunder
10/21 Anger at cover-up of BSE blunder
10/20 Worry over giving British lamb to children
10/20 British Ministry ignored two-day test for mad cow disease
10/20 60% of Japanese housewives found they won't eat beef
10/19 Organic farming: 20% increase in global sales in 2001
10/17 Japanese Govt urged to buy, destroy suspect beef
10/17 Quarter of Japanese stop eating beef after BSE found: poll
10/7 Recall of cow brain, eyeball, marrow and intestine products
10/7 Editorial: Officials must act to regain lost trust
10/4 Slovakia Says First Case of Mad Cow Confirmed
10/3 Japan Ministers stage meat feast to allay consumers' fears
10/2 Japanese government to discourage beef by-products
9/30 Germans shunning schnitzel-4,000 new vegetarians each week
9/30 Mad cow disease called 'just desserts for human beings'
9/28 Worst case plan for BSE would doom 40 million sheep
9/27 Mad Cow Disease Sets Off a Scare in Japan
9/24 Over 2,000 Japanese cattle may have been fed infected meal
9/21 French ban on UK beef ruled illegal by European court
9/21 Mad cow may spell the end for cow intestine delicacy in Japan
9/21 Mad cow scare moves 1,765 schools to drop beef from meals
9/20 Japan to test 1 million cattle for 'Mad Cow'
9/20 First case of mad cow disease suspected in Sweden
9/19 Continental Europe faces rise in cases of mad-cow disease
9/16 Cattle cull to cost each household pounds 1,000 in tax
9/12 Japanese govt must act fast to counter mad cow disease
9/10 First case of mad cow disease found in Japan
9/7 Advice for travelers to Europe
8/28 British foot and mouth flare-up spreads
8/28 10,000 cattle to be examined for mad cow disease in Japan
Autumn, 2001 Mad Cow Disease is Killing Europe's Pets
8/24 Germany set to deliver 6,000 tons of beef to North Korea
8/23 CJD alert brings safety check on blood supplies
8/20 Meat industry denies role in spread of BSE
8/19 France: 'Mad-cow' scare worries travelers
8/18 Matadors see red over mad cow meat ban
8/12 Unlike U.S., mass testing eyed for mad cow disease in Japan
8/10 Shadow of 'mad cow' casts gloom on Czech farms
8/10 Conversion to organics seen as a 'devastating indictment'
8/7 Soil Association report: 'Organic food is better for you'
8/4 Eat more lamb, Britons to be told despite warning
8/2 Review blames mad cow outbreak origin on calf feed
8/2 Pressure grows over US mad cow disease blood ban
8/1 'Tissue digesters' breakthrough in cattle disposal
7/31 Dutch cattle farmers switch to organic farming
7/30 Mad Cows, glad bulls: How BSE threatened bullfighting
7/30 French farmer Jose Bove investigated for mad cow defamation
7/27 BSE origin: the end of a mystery?
7/24 McDonald's takes third straight quarterly hit from mad cow
7/23 Intensive stock raising means society may pay price
7/19 Scrapie agent may be behind mad cow disease: UK report
7/17 Spanish bullfighters see red over mad cow measures
7/17 Swiss cat diagnosed with feline form of mad cow disease
7/6 'The end of agricultural policy as we have known it'
7/6 World Health Organisation says BSE is a major threat
7/5 Be mindful of 'mad cow' on European trip
7/4 EU scientists release new guidelines on BSE v
7/3 First mad cow case confirmed in Greece
6/4 How Britain spawned a global epidemic
6/3 Could mad cow strike the United States?
6/1 Factory farming and human health
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2002

12/27 Testing for a CJD Timebomb in Britain
12/13 Britons May Face New Wave of Mad Cow Deaths
12/2 BSE Meat may be Riskier to Humans than First Thought
12/2 Nobel Laureate Demands Screening for Human Form of BSE
11/28 More People may have Human Form of Mad Cow than Previously Thought
11/15 Two-year delay in mad cow disease tests on milk
11/11 Mechanism by which prions kill brain cells found
11/4 New non-invasive diagnostic tool proposed for CJD
10/12 Growing concern about mad cow disease in the blood supply
10/11 'Low risk' of mad cow disease from vaccines
9/20 Analysis predicts possible 7,000 human deaths from mad cow
9/20 New vCJD predictions may be underestimated
8/10 More 'mad cow' deaths likely
8/9 Canadian Dies of Mad Cow Disease
8/8 Dissecting chronic wasting disease
8/6 Deer disease link to humans sought
8/3 New study finds more evidence mad cow disease can be transmitted through blood
6/8 Researchers hedge on public health implications of CWD
6/1 Did Venison Kill this Young Utah Hunter?
6/1 Parallels between Chronic Wasting Disease and Mad Cow
5/31 New mad cow blood donor limits take effect friday
5/31 - Is US Mad Deer Disease Infecting Humans?
5/31 Top Animal Doctor Says Eat Venison at Your Own Risk
5/26 A third of Wisconsin deer hunters may not hunt this Fall
5/25 Concerns raised over Wisconsin's 'Scorched Earth' Plan
5/18 New FDA rules could lead to shortages of blood in N.J.
5/11 Is an epidemic of CJD going undetected?5/11 Government body dismisses claims of mad cow risk from milk
5/4 Balancing risks/benefits of single-use surgical instruments
5/4 Mother of tonsil surgery boy asks: Why did he die?
5/2 Did Minnesota Man Die from Eating Venison?
4/29 Humans may be vulnerable to chronic wasting disease
4/27 Deaths of two young Michigan men 'cause for alarm'
4/22 Red Cross for-profit venture targets mad cow pathogens
- - Two Young Men in Michigan Die of a Suspicious Mad Cow-Like Disease
4/19 NPR'S All Things Considered on Florida human mad cow case
4/6 Mad cow rule may cut blood donors by 6%
- Mad Deer Disease May Spread to Humans
4/3 Researchers investigate heartbeat clue to mad cow disease
4/2 Chinese mad cow cosmetics ban confuses industry
3/31 British blood ban to curb human mad cow disease
3/28 Human cases of mad cow doubling every three years
3/27 Search for BSE in muscle meat draws blank
3/26 Mad cow prions found to be able to grow in muscle
3/24 Millions of Europeans, tourists may have been exposed
3/19 Mad Cow Research Leads to Call for Quick Testing
3/15 Search for BSE type disease turns to fish farms
3/14 CWD research a long, uphill fight
3/14 China bans imported cosmetics over mad cow fears
3/6 A British ban on lamb chops is being considered
2/27 British water supplies could be contaminated with mad cow
2/22 Hong Kong woman becomes first in Asia to die of mad cow
2/21 Dentist refuses to treat family of CJD victim2/19 News release from business patenting urine test
2/17 Ministers 'bury' alarming CJD infection report2/16: Courts likely to set CJD settlement at 60 million yen
February 2002 Mad Cow Disease: Is It Time to Go Vegetarian?
2/15 BSE meat controls fail for third time this year in Britain
2/11 Cattle ashes sparks fear of BSE pollution in water
2/8 Second probable case of human mad cow disease hits Italy
2/8 Discovery of BSE cow dashes hopes of reducing controls
2/6: First human case of mad cow disease in Italy
2/4 Lone scientist implicates manganese in BSE and vCJD
2/3 F.D.A. Urged to Drop Policy Barring Some Blood Donors
1/29 World Animal Health Group: test sheep for mad cow
1/29 vCJD may have been passed on in blood
1/27 Father attacks 'culture of greed' for mad cow stricken son
1/16 Cosmetics buyers told not to get beauty from beasts
1/15 To the last breath: Rachel Forber's father
1/12 Mad mutton could be as big a threat as mad cows
1/10 Scientists refuse to rule out epidemic of CJD from sheep
1/9 Big death toll feared if mad-cow disease has infected sheep
2001
12/31 Time to review correlation between food, nature
12/30 Researchers discover protein thought linked to cause
12/18 Scientists examine CJD 'link' to polio vaccine
12/15 Ban on re-using surgical tools lifted in tonsilectomies
12/12 Gene may play role in vCJD susceptibility
12/9 Avoid meat from abroad, warns top CJD expert
12/3 First human CJD 'guinea pig' dies from reaction to drugs
11/28 Estimating the extent of human mad cow disease
11/25 Human death toll predicted to jump next year
11/19 Patients kept in dark about CJD timebomb
11/16 Families' new CJD nightmare
11/15 Common bacterium 'linked to BSE, vCJD and MS'
11/14 Gene boosts resistance to human form of mad cow disease
11/11 British hospital study on CJD 'was stifled'
10/30 Estimates of future human death toll from mad cow disease
10/20 Mainstream BSE researchers swiftly rejected claim
10/18 Japan's first suspected case of the human form of mad cow
10/12 Challenge to BSE connection with CJD
10/11 Right to know for patients at CJD risk
10/2 British blood donors fear results of vCJD tests
10/1 Experts fear human variant could become an epidemic
9/30 Thousands of patients were exposed to vCJD
9/22 Human Epidemic in Waiting
9/19 British BSE expert warns about European beef
9/18 Variant CJD May Be More Infectious
9/16 Mad cow disease risk in milk and dairy products?
9/15 Vaccine for human equivalent of mad cow disease possible
9/15 High Scottish vCJD rates may be due to cheaper meats
9/14 Two Kentucky Creutzfeldt-Jakob cases confirmed
9/10 Another French victim of mad cow disease
9/7 Sharp rise in human cases of mad cow disease in the UK
9/6 CJD treatments thus far disappointing
9/5 We may soon know the size of the CJD epidemic
8/28 Lack of protection from infected sheep criticized
August, 2001 Nearly everything we touch or taste has cow in it
8/28 Mad cow expert voices fears over sheep risk
8/23 Major review of treatments for spongiform encephalopathies
8/21 Evidence for early urine diagnosis for CJD
8/17 Scientists find antibodies that may tame rogue prions
8/17 Mathematical model suggests novel CJD treatment
8/16 Promise abounds for prion-disease treatments - or does it?
8/15 Public citizen calls on FDA to ban risky brain material
8/14 The published study on the two potential drug treatments
8/14 Doctors test therapy for CJD
8/13 Hopes raised over CJD treatment
8/11 Malaria drugs offer CJD hope
8/11 Firms used meat slurry in baby food
8/10 British meat industry accused of CJD 'conspiracy'
8/8 Human 'Mad Cow' Cases Reach 106 in the UK
8/7 Father: 'My CJD girl is dying while farmers get rich'
8/3 Alarm as food chiefs say that lamb was as risky as beef
7/28 British dentists not taking proper CJD precautions
7/28 CJD victim's mother fears she may have disease
Summer, 2001 Mad Cow Disease 'Set to Put AIDS in the Shade'
7/21 If you've got vCJD, would you want to know ?
7/20 Test Developed for 'Mad Cow'-Related Disease
7/20 Eye op instruments 'could cause vcjd infection'
7/17 A marker for mad cow disease may be found in urine
7/14 Defusing the timebomb of human mad cow disease
7/14 Watching newlywed die of vCJD 'was like a horror movie.'
7/13 Japanese ministry fears dental surgery link to CJD
7/6 'Tests possible soon' for human 'mad cow' disease
7/1 Lingering Doubts about Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
7/1 Atypical Cerebellum-Type Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
7/1 Prions found in urine; diagnostic test in the works
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Foot & Mouth Disease Top

2002

6/21 Ministers ignored foot and mouth warnings
6/19 Foot and mouth cull 'was barbaric'
6/12 Foot and Mouth outbreak would cost Australia billions
6/1Parallels between Chronic Wasting Disease and Mad Cow
6/1 How Chronic Wasting Disease Developed the Upper Hand
6/1 Will CWD Jump the Species Barrier?
5/31 Farmer convicted of keeping foot and mouth secret
5/13 South Korea steps up mass pig slaughter to contain disease
5/9 'Death and squalor' filmed at foot and mouth farm
5/8 Farmers' 'idleness spread foot and mouth'
5/6 Foot and mouth strikes South Korea
5/5 Failure of Brussels strategy made farm crisis a 'disaster'
4/25 The political parable of Phoenix the calf: A year later
4/20 Bovine TB 'worse than foot-and-mouth'
4/2 Army to handle future outbreaks of foot-and-mouth
3/27 Fight against foot-and-mouth "bigger task than gulf war"
3/23 Admission: foot-and-mouth 'could have been handled better'
3/17 Damning foot and mouth disease report
3/13 'No more pyres for foot and mouth'
3/11 Britain can't sell its beef even after ban is ended2/21 The truth still lies buried in Britain's empty fields
2/20 After the plague: One year later
2/20 Farming at crossroads after foot-and-mouth
2/19 Ruling against public inquiry 'was flawed'
2/19 Has the Government learnt nothing about foot and mouth?
2/19 Animal cull 'based on incorrect assumption'
2/18 Fears of new outbreak still stalk the land
2/18 Secrecy lingers on after list of official blunders
2/17 Brigadier's battle over the foot and mouth cull 2/2 U.S. Ag secretary pledges vigilance
1/31 All-clear from virus fails to stop farms going up in smoke
1/30 Foot and mouth could easily strike the countryside again
1/27 Shoppers tempted to choose organic: A new way of farming
1/23 10 million animals were slaughtered in foot and mouth cull
1/22 Catalogue of failures' over foot and mouth
1/21 Low-tech terror seen as threat to food supply
12/29 World's worst outbreak, with 6m animals killed, has ended
12/1 Devastation in the wake of foot and mouth
11/28 Total cost of epidemic put at (pounds) 2.7 billion
11/20 Was there a better way of dealing with the crisis?
11/13 'Bungling on foot and mouth was the worst'
11/12 How foot and mouth is fuelled by computers, cluelessness
11/4 Field day for the animal killers
10/30 Letter to the Editor: An epidemic of evasion
10/21 Britain's foxhunts are facing a financial crisis
10/19 MP: Let farmers ruined by foot-and-mouth grow cannabis
10/14 Rural businesses to sue for billions over foot and mouth
10/14 Foot and mouth epidemic farm virus policy was chaos
10/13 Pyres fallout spread disease, says vet
10/7 Ministry asks schools to take beef products off lunch menu
10/4 Million animals 'could have been spared the cull'
9/27 New foot-and-mouth outbreak hits Cumbria
9/25 Foot and mouth cure 'was worse than disease' says report
9/9 Foot and mouth might have come from Africa in a dust storm
9/8 Expert warns of international foot and mouth epidemic
9/8 Will hunting survive foot and mouth epidemic?
9/4 British foot and mouth epidemic is now world's worst
8/22 Farmers warn of milk shortage due to foot and mouth
8/20 No end in sight to foot-and-mouth as slaughter continues
8/20 Thousands protest six months of slaughter down on the farm
8/16 Farmers' leader blames BBC helicopters for epidemic
8/13 Cull let-up could double new cases
8/12 Review of selected foot and mouth disease press coverage
8/12 Questions for foot and mouth disease inquiry
8/11 Hundreds caught flouting foot and mouth measures
8/11 Lessons from previous foot and mouth epidemic ignored
8/11 Foot-and-mouth shuts up to half UK's slaughterhouses
8/6 Chancellor wants farmers to shoulder burden in future
8/6 'Don't give [farmers] another penny in subsidies.'
8/2 1.5 million healthy lambs face slaughter
7/31 Foot and mouth disease 'war zone' declared
7/30 Farmers 'infecting livestock to claim compensation'
7/30 Britain's foot-and-mouth epidemic refuses to die out
7/28 Army's carcass dump blamed for latest outbreak
7/27 How the epidemic defied all predictions
7/24 Autumn could see the return of foot-and-mouth carnage
7/24 Farmers' abusing government clean-up scheme
7/22 Millions of lambs now to be culled
7/22 RSPCA horror warning over foot and mouth virus
7/21 Prince Charles calls for organic future
7/15 National Hog Farmer magazine's take on foot and mouth
7/14 Foot and mouth disease as bioterrorism threat
7/8 Foot and mouth: vaccination the answer, says EU
7/5 Farmers warned to remain cautious of foot and mouth epidemic
7/5 Farmers blamed over foot and mouth epidemic
7/2 Delays 'doubled' the foot and mouth toll
7/1 U.S. county fair and petting zoo "biosecurity measures"
7/1 Foot and mouth epidemic cost in the billions
6/28 Three cull workers contract rare disease Q fever
6/28 Blair offers a 'proper' inquiry into epidemic
6/26 Foot and mouth disease epidemic drags on
6/23 Half the footpaths in Britain still out of bounds
6/22 Cancer chemical PCBs found in eggs
6/22 Star of Babe saved from slaughter
6/21 Pressure grows for foot-and-mouth inquiry
6/18 Fears grow that second wave of disease may sweep UK
6/15 Foot-and-mouth false alarm impacts New Zealand dollar
6/13 Bill would make infection of livestock a felony
6/12 The British Government's response to foot and mouth
6/11 Children stressed over foot and mouth
6/10 Destructive farming practices blamed for foot and mouth.
6/10 New foot and mouth epidemic threatens
6/6 Keep eye on PeTA activist, lawmaker tells U.S.
6/2 New fear on foot and mouth cases
6/1 MAFF knew of BSE risk before cattle burials
5/31 First wave of foot and mouth was worst in world
5/26 Hidden cases double foot and mouth toll
5/25 Foot-and-mouth sparks organics surge
5/25 U.S. Relaxes Foot-and-Mouth Ban on EU Meat Imports
5/25 PETA welcomes foot-and-mouth disease
5/25 Many hope foot-and-mouth ends intensive farming
5/25 New foot-and-mouth scare over 'cancer link' dairy products
5/22 New cases spark fresh foot-and-mouth alert