Japan decides to kill 5100 cattle
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Last Update: 2001-11-27
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Source: Internet
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Introduction: due to the discovery of the second case of BSE in Hokkaido, Japan's Ministry of agriculture, forestry and Fisheries decided on Tuesday to incinerate all 5100 cattle fed with meat and bone meal feed in 15 Dao counties from next week In September, a cow with mad cow disease was found in Chiba County, Japan This is the first case of mad cow found in Asia Since then, the Ministry of health, labor and welfare has begun to conduct a comprehensive inspection nationwide A 5-year-old dairy cow was tested positive for BSE Monday, making it the second case of BSE in Japan Japan has 4.5 million beef cattle and cows Since the discovery of the first mad cow in Japan in September this year, Japan has banned the use of meat and bone meal feed imported from Europe and the import of such feed since October, because it is suspected that the import of meat and bone meal feed is the origin of mad cow disease.
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