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newsTitle[0] = "Purdue experts: test high-risk, older cattle for mad cow disease";
newsDate[0] = "1/15/2004";
newsURL[0] = "http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html4ever/2004/040115.Thacker.testing.html";
newsLede[0] = "Purdue University experts say it's not necessary or economically feasible to test each cow that goes to slaughter for mad cow disease in the United States, even though there have been calls for complete testing in the weeks following the discovery of the illness here.";
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newsTitle[1] = "Purdue Dairy Roadshow presenters to answer mad cow queries";
newsDate[1] = "1/6/2004";
newsURL[1] = "http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html3month/2004/040106.Kenyon.roadshow.html";
newsLede[1] = "The effects of one confirmed case of mad cow disease in the United States will likely be felt for months as beef and dairy farmers deal with public opinion and new regulations, and a Purdue University workshop will provide some of the answers to the questions farmers are asking about the disease.";
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newsTitle[2] = "Economist: Animal identification benefits livestock industry";
newsDate[2] = "1/6/2004";
newsURL[2] = "http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html3month/2004/040106.Foster.ID.html";
newsLede[2] = "The plan to implement an animal identification program in response to the recent discovery of a U.S. cow infected with mad cow disease stands to benefit the livestock industry as a whole, said Ken Foster, a Purdue University agricultural economist.";
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newsTitle[3] = "Experts can comment on implications of mad cow disease";
newsDate[3] = "12/31/2003";
newsURL[3] = "http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/031231.T.Madcow2.html";
newsLede[3] = "Detected for the first time in the United States in December 2003, mad cow disease, technically known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, is a disorder that affects the central nervous system of cattle. Purdue University experts in meat science, international trade, agricultural economics and animal disease diagnostics can speak to what happens when food safety, science and politics create worldwide concern.";
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newsTitle[4] = "Purdue experts comment on mad cow testing and trade issues";
newsDate[4] = "12/29/2003";
newsURL[4] = "http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/031229.T.Thacker.madcow.html";
newsLede[4] = "A national cattle identification program would help combat spread of mad cow disease, according to a Purdue University animal disease expert. But an international trade expert says the damage to the American beef industry is done at least through 2004.";
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newsTitle[5] = "Economist: Mad cow case could cost beef industry $2 billion";
newsDate[5] = "12/24/2003";
newsURL[5] = "http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/031224.Hurt.madcow.html";
newsLede[5] = "A suspected case of mad cow disease in Washington state will have an immediate but not devastating impact on the United States beef industry, said Chris Hurt, a Purdue University agricultural economist.";
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newsTitle[6] = "Canadian mad cow case could benefit U.S. beef";
newsDate[6] = "5/20/2003";
newsURL[6] = "http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html4ever/030520.Hurt.madcow.html";
newsLede[6] = "The announcement of a case of mad cow disease in Canada could have a huge impact on the U.S. beef market, said Purdue University agricultural economist Chris Hurt. And whether that impact will be positive or negative may well rest mainly with consumers, he said.";
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newsTitle[7] = "Preventative efforts keeping mad cow disease out";
newsDate[7] = "2/28/2001";
newsURL[7] = "http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010228.Kenyon.cow.html";
newsLede[7] = "Purdue University experts say feed monitoring and examination of suspect cattle are taking place in Indiana to prevent mad cow disease from becoming a problem here.<br>";
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newsTitle[8] = "Mad cow disease in the United States";
newsDate[8] = "12/1/1999";
newsURL[8] = "http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/9912.B.Thacker.bse.html";
newsLede[8] = "Although no cases of mad cow disease have been found in humans or livestock in the United States, according to a Purdue expert, recent news articles have suggested that individuals have died from the disease. Although there is no scientific confirmation of these reports, they have nonetheless had an impact.<br>";
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