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From: TSS ()
BSE CASE CONFIRMED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Preliminary information indicates that the age of the animal (66 months) falls well within the age range of previous cases detected in Canada and is consistent with the recognized average incubation period of the disease. This signifies that the animal was exposed to a very small amount of infective material, most likely during its first year of life. An epidemiological investigation directed by international guidelines is underway to identify the animal’s herdmates at the time of birth and the pathways by which it might have become infected. All findings will be publicly released once the investigation concludes. Canada has a suite of robust BSE control measures which exceeds the recommended international standards. Assessment of Canada’s programs by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has resulted in a recommendation for recognition as a controlled risk country. The OIE categorization process is based on an evaluation of the comprehensive set of risk mitigation measures implemented by a given country. Canada has taken all necessary measures to achieve the eventual elimination of BSE from the national cattle herd. The enhanced feed ban, which comes into effect on July 12, 2007, will prevent more than 99 percent of potential BSE infectivity from entering the Canadian feed system. The CFIA expects to detect a small number of cases over the next 10 years as Canada progresses towards its goal of eliminating the disease from the national cattle heard. The British Columbia animal was identified at the farm level by the national surveillance program, which has detected all cases found in Canada. The program targets cattle most at risk and has tested about 160,000 animals since 2003. The surveillance results reflect an extremely low incidence of BSE in Canada. It is not unexpected to find BSE-infected animals born after the feed ban. This has proven to be the case in most other countries with targeted surveillance programs, similar to that in Canada. -30- For information: Canadian Food Inspection Agency http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2007/20070502e.shtml [Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011] FSIS Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine [Docket No. 03-025IFA] FSIS Prohibition of the Use of Specified Risk Materials for Human Food and Requirement for the Disposition of Non-Ambulatory Disabled Cattle http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments/03-025IFA/03-025IFA-2.pdf THE SEVEN SCIENTIST REPORT *** http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dockets/03n0312/03N-0312_emc-000001.txt Animal Food or Feed; Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed Comment Number: EC -10 Accepted - Volume 2 The second case, which was detected last year in a Texas cow and which USDA These two cases (the latest was detected in an Alabama cow) present a "The fact the Texas cow showed up fairly clearly implied the existence of Brown, who is preparing a scientific paper based on the latest two mad cow USDA officials finally retested the cow and confirmed it was infected seven "Everything they did on the Texas cow makes everything USDA did before 2005 PAUL BROWN COMMENT TO ME ON THIS ISSUE Tuesday, September 12, 2006 11:10 AM Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance Program – Phase II and Food Safety and Inspection Service Controls Over BSE Sampling, Specified Risk Materials, and Advanced Meat Recovery Products - Phase III Report No. 50601-10-KC January 2006 Finding 2 Inherent Challenges in Identifying and Testing High-Risk Cattle Still Remain
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