Possible new case of mad cow disease in US

US - The American department of Agriculture investigates a possible case of mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in US, according to the leader of the veterinary services of the ministry of Agriculture. A test of routine put in an obvious place the possible presence of the BSE on a cow, according to, John Clifford. The ministry of the Agriculture of US however did not specify the place of this possible case of the mad cow disease. Tests are under way in the laboratory of the ministry with Souls, in Iowa. Results should be made public before four-seven days.

Possible new case of mad cow disease in US

« This not conclusive result means that we found a new case of BSE «, underlined Mr Clifford. He also added that by crossed, in three resumptions, suspicious cases of the mad cow disease had turned out to be negative, among which two screenings in 2004 and one in 2005. This news does not arrive at good instant for USAS. In effect, this possible case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy arrives at instant or the United States try to persuade Japan, market number 1 for American beef, has augment volume s of purchase his. Clifford underlined « that the health of the animals in the United States is watched of very ready with a system of efficient alert and that we remain very confident in the quality of the beef produced in the United States. » Last Friday, more than 600.000 beef American on a livestock estimated at 95 million heads had been examined by veterinary services.

This American veterinary representative added that this suspicious cow has been withdrawn from the food chain. This day US counted only two cases of the mad cow disease, the first in the State of Washington on an animal been born in Canada in December, 2003, and other one in June, 2005 on a cow born and raised in Texas.

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