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6-year-old dairy cow from Alberta is Canada's latest case
of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the Canadian Food Inspection
Agency announced Tuesday.
The animal's carcass is under CFIA control, and no part
of it entered the human food or animal feed systems.
CFIA said the age and location of the infected animal "are
consistent with previous cases detected in Canada," and
the agency did not expect the finding to affect Canada's
status as a Controlled Risk country for BSE, as recognized
by the World Organization for Animal Health. This is Canada's
12th case of BSE since the first was discovered in May 2003.
An epidemiological investigation is underway to identify
the animal's herdmates at the time of birth and how it might
have been infected.
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