On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 18:06:33 -0700, Arri London >
wrote:

>Bogart wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 12:03:14 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >Morton Davis wrote:
>> >
>> >> The "mad cow" came from CANADA. Just another gift from HMG.
>> >>
>> >> http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20031227_1332.html
>> >>
>> >
>> >It looks like the US government is once again doing what it
>> >does best, deflecting blame, releasing information before a
>> >complete review of the facts.
>>
>> Investigators Trace Diseased Cow to Canada
>> Federal Investigators Tentatively Trace Holstein Infected With Mad Cow
>> Disease to Canada
>>
>> The Associated Press
>>
>> WASHINGTON Dec. 27 — Investigators tentatively traced the first U.S.
>> cow with mad cow disease to Canada,....
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>
>> Dr. Ron DeHaven, the Agriculture Department's chief veterinarian, said
>> on Saturday that Canadian officials provided records indicating the
>> sick Holstein was in a herd of 74 cattle shipped from Alberta, Canada,
>> into this country in August 2001 at Eastport, Idaho.
>>
>
>Which of course doesn't prove the cow got BSE in Canada, does it?

Had you bothered to include the second part of the quoted material it
would have answered the question.