AUSTRALIA: Cash for mad cow tests - it’s a no brainer - (Stock & Land)
June 3, 2008 – 6:46 pmBrain samples of cattle and sheep are urgently needed to prove to overseas buyers Australia is mad cow free, and Biosecurity Queensland, a specialist unit of the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F), is willing to pay top dollar in return.
Queensland and Australia remain free of mad cow disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) but need to prove this every year by conducting regular national surveillance to a standard set by the World Organisation for Animal Health, the OIE.
Biosecurity Queensland today put out the call to local producers and vets to urgently get in contact with the DPI&F if they have cattle and sheep showing nervous disorders and are willing to submit brain samples.
For the complete news item, please visit http://sl.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/agribusiness-and-general/general/cash-for-mad-cow-tests-its-a-no-brainer/781876.aspx
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