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FORT MORGAN, Colo. -- Amid the cattle carcasses zipping down the disassembly line and the herd of workers wielding the sharpest of knives, there's a war going on each day at Cargill Inc.'s sprawling beef plant on the northeastern Colorado plains.
It's a fight against E. coli, potentially lethal bacteria behind several big disease outbreaks and food recalls in recent years. It's fought with technology, lab testing and a phalanx of safety inspectors, and it might soon involve a pioneering vaccine that cuts E. coli risks before cattle even arrive at the slaughterhouse.
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A Logan County rancher has been found guilty on 14 counts of animal cruelty after cattle carcasses were found scattered across his property along with more than a dozen emaciated cows.
Gilbert Dean Schuman will be sentenced on March 30 in Logan County Court.
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LITITZ, Pa. -- A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water.
At issue is a Food and Drug Administration rule, set to take effect in April, that will prohibit the use of the brains and spinal cords of older cattle as ingredients in livestock feed and pet food.
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GALVESTON, Texas -- Ten days after Hurricane Ike, this devastated beach town reopened to residents Wednesday with stern warnings about what still lurks on the island -- rotting cattle carcasses, snakes and swarms of mosquitoes -- and what isn't there: drinking water, reliable electricity, medical care or sewer service.
After spending hours in traffic that backed up for 10 miles, some residents found their homes in ruins.
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MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia - A surge of searing gas raced down the sides of Mount Merapi on Friday, smothering houses, cattle and villagers in its path. The death toll after the volcano's largest eruption in a century soared to 122.
The worst hit village of Bronggang lay nine miles from the fiery crater, just on the perimeter of the government-delineated "danger zone." Crumpled roofs, charred carcasses of cattle and broken chairs - all layered in white ash and soot - dotted the landscape.
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BAY VIEW (AP) Kevin Geagen's German shepherd took a romp at his neighbor's Bay View ranch. Two weeks later, the dog was dead.
Suspicious, Geagen investigated. On his neighbor's land, he discovered carcass after rotting carcass of cattle some in standing water, some skulls stuck in trees, some bones covered with moss.
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MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia - A surge of searing gas raced down the sides of Mount Merapi on Friday, smothering houses, cattle and villagers in its path. The death toll after the volcano's largest eruption in a century soared to 122.
The worst-hit village of Bronggang lay nine miles from the fiery crater, just on the perimeter of the government-delineated "danger zone." Crumpled roofs, charred carcasses of cattle and broken chairs - all layered in white ash and soot - dotted the smoldering landscape.