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 | U.S. Mad Cow Disease Crisis: A quarantined holstein cow is seen on the grounds of the snow-covered Sunny Dene Ranch in Mabton, Washington, December, 27, 2003. The ranch is where a cow which tested positive for mad cow disease lived before being slaughtered. The U.S. government on December 28 said it expanded a recall of beef to a total of eight states and the territory of Guam as a precaution after the discovery of one case of mad cow. Beef recalls on slightly more than 10,000 pounds of beef already were underway in Washington state, Oregon, California and Nevada. click to open  |  | U.S. Mad Cow Disease Crisis: Beef hangs on meat hooks inside the refrigerated meat vault at a meat wholesaler in New York City on Dec 27th 2003. The first US cow infected with mad cow disease was imported from Canada, according to the USDA's chief veterinary officer click to open  |
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