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Risk management of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy in North America
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Table VIII
Surveillance of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in North America
between 1997 and 2001: number of cattle >_ 24 months tested
Year Canada USA Mexico
1997 712 2,713 140
1998 926 1,080 407
1999 895 1,302 289
2000 1,020 2,681 194
2001 1,575 5,272 358
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During that interval, awareness had grown within the ranks of
mink producers in regard to the apparent disease transmission
risk associated with feeding animals the carcasses of sheep, pigs
and their own species...
http://www.oie.int/eng/publicat/rt/2201/12.%20Kellar.pdf
PLEASE note the huge number of cattle tested for TSE in Mexico ;-(not)
i did not think anyone could get as low as the USA and Canada,
but Mexico did, they tested even less. Mexico has absolutely no
idea.
PLUS, seems whomever is responsible for this report did not
seek out all the facts. ONE of the things i dispute in this report is
as follows;
> During that interval, awareness had grown within the ranks of
> mink producers in regard to the apparent disease transmission
> risk associated with feeding animals the carcasses of sheep, pigs
> and their own species...
REALITY IS;
Since previous incidences of TME were associated with common or shared
feeding
practices, we obtained a careful history of feed ingredients used over
the past 12-18
months. The rancher was a "dead stock" feeder using mostly (>95%) downer
or dead dairy
cattle and a few horses. Sheep had never been fed.
http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m09/tab05.pdf
WHEN does all the BSeee stop?
SEEMS even the OIE is daized and confused...
TSS
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