Younger cattle are believed to be less at risk for mad-cow disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Korean President Works to] Reference

A deadly few microbes cause pandemics, like mad-cow disease and AIDS.    From Wordnik.com.  [Attack Of the Aliens] Reference

In Europe the same industrialized production has spread mad-cow disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hold The French Fries] Reference

IF YOU AVOID BEEF for fear of mad-cow disease, then lay off the squirrel brains, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rodent Stews Brains] Reference

Readers found our March 12 cover story on mad-cow disease engrossing and eye-opening.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

Should Atkins fans worry about the recent discovery of mad-cow disease in a U.S. herd?.    From Wordnik.com.  [MEDIUM RARE--AND HOLD THE PRIONS!] Reference

Barbara A. Kendall -- El Cajon, CaliforniaThank you for your article on mad-cow disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

It also banned scrapie-infected sheep, which may have saved America from mad-cow disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Battle Over Caution] Reference

South Korea suspended imports after the first U.S. case of mad-cow disease appeared in 2003.    From Wordnik.com.  [Korea's Cabinet Gets a Makeover] Reference

We've had this debate many times in the past, from the Ebola virus to mad-cow disease to SARS.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Editor's Desk] Reference

The story gives the chills to Europeans, nearly overwhelmed by the latest wave of mad-cow fears.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe's Beef Scare] Reference

To monitor mad-cow disease, for example, the USDA annually samples about 40,000 high-risk cattle.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Testing for Flu in Pigs Less Stringent Than for Mad Cow, Bird Flu] Reference

Your story on mad-cow disease illustrates how horrifically efficient our food production has become.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

For weeks, rumors had circulated that mad-cow disease had struck its first human victims in Thailand.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scare Spreads East] Reference

At the height of the BSE epidemic, Britain was logging more than 30,000 cases of mad-cow disease a year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wearyingly Familiar] Reference

Besides, the defenders say, Britain shared its worries and its research into the causes of mad-cow disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fear On The Hoof] Reference

It is only the last in a long line of food scandals in Europe, ranging from mad-cow disease to swine plague.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

Marije Otte -- Maastricht, The NetherlandsGeoffrey Cowley deserves an award for his superb article on mad-cow disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

Only three cases of mad-cow disease have been recorded in the U.S. and none entered the food chain for humans or animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Korean President Works to] Reference

As U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for the past six years, I am acutely aware of the dangers associated with mad-cow disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

Vietnam last week ordered that all dairy imports from the EU be certified by the exporting country to be free of mad-cow disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scare Spreads East] Reference

Lee's decision to allow U.S. beef imports had set off violent protests in Seoul, fed by TV reports hyping the risk of mad-cow disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back After Bad Beef] Reference

"I hope the disease will be completely restricted to the wealthy countries of Europe," says Maura Ricketts, a mad-cow specialist at WHO.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fear On The Hoof] Reference

Lee's move reversed a 2004 ban on American beef that followed the outbreak of mad-cow disease in the United States, and set off a storm.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Big Beef Backlash] Reference

South Korea is one of many countries that halted imports after the discovery of a cow with a case of mad-cow disease in the U.S. in 2003.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Assures Korea About Beef Safety] Reference

He understands that in terms of all of the scientific-based tests that we are mad-cow free and that essentially that border should be open.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2004] Reference

At the moment, GM foods aren't terribly popular with European consumers, whose memories of the fiasco over mad-cow disease are still fresh.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fear Of Food] Reference

Postponement till after the election of F.D.A. regulations opposed by beef and feed industries increasing safeguards against mad-cow disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kerry Catches On: It's War, Stupid! Bushies Brutal] Reference

This is especially timely in the light of the recent outbreak of various animal diseases globally, including mad-cow, foot-and-mouth and anthrax diseases.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Today] Reference

That would be consistent with findings from the World Organization for Animal Health (known by its French acronym OIE) that the U.S. has the mad-cow situation under control.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Has a Beef With Tokyo] Reference

Then, in 2002, the U.S. government banned Japanese beef imports after a case of mad-cow disease was discovered there -- after which Japan imposed a reciprocal ban on U.S. beef.    From Wordnik.com.  [These Little Piggies] Reference