World Health Organization warns mad cow disease may spread

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WHO warns mad cow disease may spread

 

Dec 23 10:27:11 2000

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GENEVA - The World Health Organization warns that BSE, or mad cow disease, and

its fatal human variant could start spreading beyond Europe.

 

Health experts are urging all countries to ensure that the cattle and the

carcasses they import are free of infectious material.

 

The WHO says meat and animal feed infected with mad cow disease may have been

sold across the globe, raising the possibility of outbreaks in other countries.

 

" We have to sensitize countries to the fact that they are at risk, " said Maura

Ricketts, a physician and WHO specialist. Ricketts says it is almost impossible

to trace where suspect meat or feed might have been sent since mad cow disease

was first identified in the U.K. in 1986.

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