Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Mad Cow Disease Can't Be Ruled Out in U.S., Canada, EU Says

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 15th, 2000

Cases of mad cow disease are unlikely to occur in the United States and Canada but cannot be ruled out, according to a European Union report released August 2, 2000.

The report studied the risks of the cattle ailment - bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE - spreading beyond the nine European nations with confirmed cases.

"It is still unlikely, but cannot be excluded that BSE is present in the USA and Canada," said a European Union statement on the report by a team of European scientists.

The European Union's Scientific Steering Committee found that mad cow disease "is uncertain, but likely" in Italy, Spain, and Germany,...

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