[ABC] MAD COW: TESTING POSITIVE

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MAD COW: TESTING POSITIVE

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS)(OC): Good evening.  We begin with a headline we did not expect to see again, mad cow disease in this country.  Today [1]the Department of Agriculture confirmed a new case of mad cow in California.  It has been six years since [2]the last scare, and [3]a lot of precautions were taken then.  So how did this cow get sick?  And how dangerous is this development?  ABC's David Wright has the latest.

DAVID WRIGHT (ABC NEWS)(VO): [4]Rarely does the health of a single cow have billion dollar implications, but in this case it does.

DAVID WRIGHT (ABC NEWS)(VO): Because it's [5]America's first confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalitis in six years.  BSE is mad cow disease, [6]a potentially deadly brain-wasting infection that can [7]be transferred to humans.

DOCTOR JOHN CLIFFORD (US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE): The animal was [8]a dairy cow from the state of California.  Our laboratory confirmed the findings.

DAVID WRIGHT (ABC NEWS)(VO): Today [9]the chief veterinary officer for the USDA cautioned, this is [10]an isolated case, not the start of an epidemic.

DOCTOR JOHN CLIFFORD (US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE): [11]Our livestock population is some of the healthiest in the world.  And the consumers should be confident in our food supply.

DAVID WRIGHT (ABC NEWS)(VO): Everyone still remembers the devastating outbreak of mad cow disease in Britain during the 90s.  150 people died.

DAVID WRIGHT (ABC NEWS)(VO): After the first case of mad cow disease was confirmed in this country in 2003, [12]dozens of countries banned US beef.  [13]Shipments dropped more than 80%.  China still bans US beef imports.  Today the USDA insisted this fourth confirmed case occurred at [14]a rendering plant for products other than food.

DOCTOR JOHN CLIFFORD (US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE): This particular animal did not [15]enter the food supply at any time.  So there is no concern about that.

DAVID WRIGHT (ABC NEWS)(VO): But the USDA currently tests only 40,000 cows of years of [16]the millions that are slaughtered.

SARAH KLEIN (FOOD SAFETY ATTORNEY FOR CSPI): USDA has not completed their investigation of this particular case.  And so we'll be watching carefully to see what they find.  Obviously if it turns out that we have [17]tainted feed, we will have [18]a much larger problem on our hands.

DAVID WRIGHT (ABC NEWS)(OC): Now it is a mystery how this cow in Hanford, California [19]contracted the disease.  Apparently it was not from tainted feed which had been the source of previous outbreaks.  But the FDA and the USDA will be [20]testing the feed supply anyway.  Diane?

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS)(OC): And the government advice to consumers, David?

DAVID WRIGHT (ABC NEWS)(OC): Well, they say that the beef is safe.  Don't forget the burgers and the steaks off the grill at this point.  However, food safety advocates have been warning that [21]stricter safeguards should be put in place.  But cattlemen have resisted them, Diane.

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[1] (미) 농무부가 광우병 발생을 공식 확인했다

[2] 마지막 파동

[3] 많은 (예방) 조치들이 취해졌다

[4] 소 한 마리의 건강 상태가 수십억 달러의 영향을 미치는 경우는 거의 없다 

[5] 미국에서 6년 만에 처음으로 공식 확인된 ‘우해면양뇌증(광우병)’

[6] 잠재적으로 치명적인 뇌를 손상시키는 감염성 질환

[7] 인간에게 전이되다

[8] 젖소

[9] 미 농무부 수의국장

[10] 개별적 사례

[11] 우리 나라 사육 가축 개체수

[12] 수 십 개 나라가 미국산 소고기를 (수입) 금지했다 

[13] 수출량이 줄었다

[14] 식품류 외 기타 제품들을 위한 렌더링(도살 후 부산물을 특수 가공 처리) 공장

[15] 식품 공급 유통망에 들어가다

[16] 도살되는 수백만 마리의 소들

[17] 오염된 사료

[18] 시급히 처리해야 하는 더 큰 문제

[19] 그 병에 걸리다

[20] 사료 공급 과정을 조사하다

[21] 더 엄격한 안전 조치가 정비되어야