New case of mad cow disease found in Spain stat : Shanghai Daily

Home » WorldA new case of mad cow disease was found in Spain, local media reported on Friday. Mad cow disease causes a degeneration of the brain and spinal cord in cattle, which can be transmitted to humans through eating beef. The Ministry of Agriculture had found a new case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease, which does not pose a threat to the Spanish health system, according to the Europapress news agency. Britain was seriously affected by an epidemic that also affected other countries, including Spain, where 741 cases were detected between 1995 and 2007. The ministry has informed the World Health Organization.




Spain has reported a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has said. BSE was first reported in Britain in the mid-1980s Spain has reported a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has said. Atypical BSE which has been identified more recently and which is thought to occur spontaneously. The number of cases of BSE plummeted after bans were introduced on feed that included meat and bone meal from infected cows believed to cause the disease. Earlier this year, the Department of Agriculture identified a case of 'Atypical BSE' in an 18 year old cow on a farm in Galway, through its surveillance of 'fallen' animals (died on farm) at knackeries.


Spain has reported a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has said. The number of cases of BSE plummeted after bans were introduced on feed that included meat and bone meal from infected cows believed to cause the disease. The animal was destroyed after routine controls found that it tested positive for atypical BSE type L.BSE was first reported in Britain in the mid-1980s and linked to a human variant of the fatal brain-wasting disease. The diseased cow belonged to a herd of 134 cattle on a farm near the city of Salamanca in the north-western region of Castilla-Leon, according to a report issued on Friday to the OIE by Spain's ministry for agriculture, food and the environment.



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