From: Randall Parker 

The cow came from Canada:
    http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031227-111341-8728r.htm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/12/28/MADCOW.TMP
    Excerpt:
An ear tag on a slaughtered Washington state Holstein cow found to be infected with
mad cow disease shows the animal came from Alberta, Canada, where another case of mad
cow disease was discovered in May, government officials said Saturday.

Phil Payne wrote:

>>The disease takes years to develop. Does anyone know how old this cow was
that was
>>killed on Dec 9 2003 and found to be positive for the mad cow prions? Do cows
live
>>for 6 whole years before being slaughtered? I'd have expected a shorter
period of time.
>
>
> Somewhere I've read that it was five years old.
>

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