Third case of BSE found in Canada - Dairy Herd Management 1/11/2005

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New case of BSE found in Canada

By Dairy Herd news source (1/11/2005)

 

Canadian officials announced today that another animal has tested

positive for BSE. This time it is a nearly 7-year-old beef cow born in

March 1998. That means the animal was born after the ruminant-feeding

ban was put in place in 1997. No part of the animal entered the human

food chain or animal feed systems.

 

The infected animal was detected through Canadas recently enhanced

national surveillance program. Initial testing on the animal was

conducted by Alberta authorities. Results were inconclusive and samples

were then sent to the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal

Health in Winnipeg. The definitive diagnosis was made today using the

internationally recognized gold standard test for BSE.

 

The current investigation is independent of the on-going investigation

of the positive animal identified earlier this year. For more from the

CFIA, go to:

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2005/20050111e.shtml

 

And in related news, a USA Today article reports that USDA APHIS may

reconsider its final rule that would reopen the border with Canada on

March 7.

 

For more from that USA Today article go

to:http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2005-01-11-madcow-canada_x.htm

?POE=click-refer

CFIS, USA Today