Denmark may have detected the 10th case of BSE in history
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Last Update: 2002-11-19
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Lead: Copenhagen, Nov 15 - a cow from Denmark's Jutland Peninsula has been confirmed by the Danish Veterinary Food Administration on Friday to be infected with the deadly mad cow disease More tests need to be done to confirm whether it is infected with BSE If it is confirmed that it is infected with BSE, it will be the tenth case of BSE in Danish history John Hansen says he's a veterinarian at the veterinary authority who tests for mad cow disease "I think the final test will be positive," he told Reuters At the time of the final test on November 22, if the cow and 100 other cows are found to be positive, the herd will be destroyed Denmark's first newborn cow with mad cow disease was discovered in February 2000 Mad cow disease was discovered in 1992 in Denmark from a cow imported from England The degenerative Creutzfeldt Jakob disease in humans is believed to have killed more than 100 people in Europe (mainly Britain) Scientists suspect the disease can be transmitted by eating sick beef Britain found the first case of mad cow disease in 1986 and was scolded for exporting it (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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