Decrease of BSE in Portugal
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Last Update: 2002-07-19
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Introduction: Portugal reported on July 16 that 49 cases of BSE were detected in the first half of this year, 8 more than last year, but officials said that this year's data cannot be compared with the same period last year A veterinary official at the Ministry of agriculture explained that the data for the first half of last year did not include 6000 cattle ordered to be slaughtered by the European Union, many of them suffering from mad cow disease Of these 49 positive BSE, 36 were detected by early screening, "which shows that we can detect BSE earlier, and the number of cases is decreasing." Portugal conducted 42000 screening tests in the first six months of this year, an increase of 8500 over last year Scientists have linked human creutzfeld Jakob disease to cattle infected with mad cow disease The disease has killed more than 100 people, mainly in the UK A year ago, the European Union lifted a three-year beef export embargo on Portugal It was because of a very high level of BSE The ban on local live cattle remains, and only boneless beef can be exported, although Portugal has never been a major exporter of beef Portugal's Lusa news agency reported that no processing plants have received orders since the lifting of the ban.
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