Ron DeHaven
Ron DeHaven
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If the virus does arrive in the U.S., we think we'll find it quickly. We don't think that it would ever make it into the food chain.
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I would hesitate to speculate on how long that would take, because I just don't know how much follow-up and additional information might be generated when we take a look at it.
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The investigation today is focusing on tracing the other 73 animals that presumably came into the United States in the same shipment with this positive cow,
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It's one of those situations where we need to treat others as we would want them to treat us, and we have done that.
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There's been a lot of debate about the role that migratory birds are or might play in spreading the disease.
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It is a likely explanation as to how this animal would have become infected.
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There would be no indication at all that we have the virus in commercial poultry and therefore no substantive basis to impose trade restrictions on poultry and poultry products from the United States,
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This is the primary, if not the only, means which BSE is spread from animal to animal.
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It would be our hope we will have a rule in place in six to eight months' time,
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After 5 years old, it is an approximation, but a fairly good approximation, in terms of looking at the amount of wear on the teeth, are there teeth missing, that kind of thing.
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At the end of the day, the risk occurs when that animal is slaughtered.
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It is our expectation that market forces are going to drive this to a mandatory program.
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We have worked hard...to develop a viable plan that will enable Florida to produce, harvest, process, and ship healthy citrus in the presence of citrus canker.
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We have the appropriate safeguards in place - overlapping, redundant safeguards - to protect public health and animal health.