‘Mad cow’ disease confirmed in Canada
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CANADA yesterday confirmed that it had found a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease, in a beef cow in the province of Alberta.
The case is the first in Canada since 2011. A statement from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said no part of the cow had reached the human food or animal feed systems.
“The CFIA is seeking to confirm the age of the animal, its history and how it became infected. The investigation will focus in on the feed supplied to this animal during the first year of its life,” the agency said.
Exports of Canadian beef were badly hit in 2003 after the first case of BSE was found on a farm. Canada tightened its controls and many nations have since resumed the beef trade with Canada, despite the discovery of more cases since.
The CFIA said the latest case should not harm Canadian exports of beef.
BSE — a progressive, neurological disease — is believed to be spread when cattle eat protein rendered from the brains of infected cattle or sheep. Canada banned that practice in 1997.
The CFIA tightened feed rules in 2007 and said at the time the moves should help eliminate the disease within a decade, though it said it still expected to discover the occasional new case.
A fresh discovery of BSE may not close borders to Canadian beef, but could delay its efforts to upgrade its international risk status from the World Organization for Animal Health.
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