R-CALF: CANADA continues to detect BSE in younger cattle - (From a press release)
February 27, 2008 – 8:02 pmBillings, Montana — Today, the Canadian Food Inspection Service (CFIA) announced the detection of the 14th case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) so far detected in Canada. CFIA reported that the infected animal was a 6-year-old dairy cow from Alberta, Canada, which would mean she was born in 2002.
In an effort to convince the public that Europe is gaining control over its BSE epidemic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) points to the reduction in the number of BSE-infected cattle born after the United Kingdoms feed ban. USDA also insists that Canadas BSE problem has likewise been decreasing since implementation of its feed ban. In Canada, however, just the opposite is happening.
This latest case the 13th case detected in a Canadian-born cow and the 14th case when Canadas 1993 imported case is included also is the seventh case born after Canada implemented its 1997 ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban, […]
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