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Friday, March 11, 2016 |
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New mad cow case in Canada
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI/GNA) -- Washington does not expect
Canada's latest case of mad cow to hurt trade between the
two countries, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Michael Johanns
says.
"Based on what I know at this time, I would not expect this
Canadian detection to impact our trade with Canada," Johanns
said.
He said he would send a specialist to investigate the
incident, confirmed Wednesday in an Alberta bull that died
on a farm last week.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the mature bull
tested positive for mad cow, or bovine spongiform
encephalopathy.
BSE has attracted wide attention because some fear the
disease can be transmitted to people, causing variant
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rare human brain-wasting
disease, which killed 150 people, mostly in Britain.
No human deaths as a result of mad cow have been reported in
Canada.
Eight other BSE cases have been detected in Canadian cattle
since May 2003.
GNA
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