Canada Confirms 2nd Case of Mad Cow - NYT 1/3/05

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Canada Confirms 2nd Case of Mad Cow

 

January 3, 2005

By REUTERS

 

 

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan. 2 (Reuters) - A final laboratory

test has confirmed that an Alberta dairy cow had mad cow

disease, the second case Canada has found in its herd, the

Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Sunday.

 

Veterinary officials said Thursday that preliminary tests

had been positive for the brain-wasting mad cow disease,

also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

 

The United States, Canada's largest export market,

announced last week that it would begin to accept imports

of young, live cattle thought to be at low risk for the

disease starting on March 7. American officials said

Thursday that there were no plans to change that, despite

the preliminary positive test.

 

The animal did not enter the human food or animal feed

supply, and there was no risk to the public.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/03/international/americas/03canada.html?ex=11059

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