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Canada Confirms 16th Case of BSE in Six Years
USAgNet - 05/18/2009
Canada on Friday said it has discovered the country's 16th case of mad cow disease in an animal at a farm in the province of Alberta.
"No part of the animal's carcass entered the human food or animal feed systems," the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said in a statement. "The animal's birth farm has been identified, and an investigation is
underway."
The six-year-old dairy cow from Alberta has confirmed bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) -- the scientific name for mad cow disease -- the CFIA said.
The case was detected through Canada's BSE surveillance program, "which continues to play an important role in Canada's strategy to manage BSE," the statement read.
Canada remains a Controlled Risk country for BSE, as recognized by the World Organization for Animal Health.
It is the country's 16th case of mad cow disease since 2003.
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