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U.S. Works to Reassure Japan on Mad Cow

By LIBBY QUAID
The Associated Press
Sunday, March 12, 2006; 2:41 PM

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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is trying to reassure Japan and other foreign customers of American beef while awaiting further tests on a suspected case of mad cow disease.

Routine testing indicated the possible presence of mad cow disease in a U.S. cow, the Agriculture Department announced Saturday. Results from more detailed testing at department laboratories in Ames, Iowa, are expected in the next week.