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Posted Sun Sep 12 2010: from BBC:
Glow in cattle's eyes may be a sign of mad cow disease http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1284306940
The eyes of cattle may reveal signs of neurological disorders such as mad cow disease, say scientists. Noticing the symptoms early may help prevent infected meat from getting into the food supply. Researchers, led from Iowa State University, US, examined the retinas of sheep infected with scrapie - a disease similar to BSE, or mad cow disease. They write in the journal Analytical Chemistry that sick sheep's eyes had a distinctive "glow".
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