The first case of BSE reported in Israel

Lead: Yale Salem, Reuters June 4 Israel said on Tuesday it had found the country's first case of mad cow disease on a collective farm in the occupied highlands of Gran, but said it believed no beef infected by the virus had yet entered the market Oded NIR, director of the veterinary service of the Ministry of agriculture, told Reuters that an Israeli domestic cow raised by the farm "may be infected with poultry fish meal from Europe" NIR said they have assessed the risk of BSE spreading across Israel, particularly in the meat market, and concluded that the probability of this happening is low "Given the continuous monitoring work we have done since 1996, even if there is (mad cow disease), it will be very rare, maybe 2 or 3 parts per million, which we are very confident about," he said That's why we don't think there's a BSE virus in existing meat products on the meat market " NIR also believes that there is no risk of mad cow disease in the dairy industry because mad cow disease is not transmitted through milk A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Agriculture said they were not worried about other cattle being infected with mad cow disease or about the spread of the virus He said that since the first BSE in Britain in 1996, the testing of cattle has not stopped "We don't worry at all, we've tested every cow since 1996 We are actively looking for the disease, not accidentally finding it, now or in the future " The Ministry of Agriculture said it would launch an emergency plan to test the brain tissue of all cattle over 30 months of age sent to slaughterhouses before their meat would be allowed to market In addition, for cattle over 12 months old, their internal organs will be destroyed The Ministry of agriculture also said that three cattle of the same age as those infected with mad cow disease, including their two offspring, are currently under quarantine and will be slaughtered and destroyed According to NIR, 70% of Israel's live cattle are imported Imported beef is usually from South America - mainly Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, while live cattle are mainly imported from Australia Two months ago, Israel announced that it would stop importing live cattle from Poland because of the first case of BSE in Poland on May 4 (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: