Two cases of mad cow in Slovakia
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Last Update: 2002-03-26
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Source: Internet
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Introduction: a cow infected with mad cow disease was found in central Slovakia, the eighth confirmed case of mad cow disease since the first case was found in September last year, the Slovak Veterinary Authority announced Thursday According to Sri Lanka media reports, the newly found sick cow belongs to a farm in the Central District of zvorun in Slovakia, with the age of 67 months Two tests conducted by the local veterinary administration and the Institute of neuroimmunology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences confirmed that the cow had BSE A cow killed at a farm in northern Slovakia has also been infected with mad cow disease, the Slovak Academy of Sciences confirmed Tuesday According to the relevant regulations, the farm has slaughtered 13 cows with the age difference of one year from the sick cow on the 25th Slovak agriculture minister konchosh said the sick cattle may have been infected with BSE through feed imported from Germany Since the discovery of the first case of BSE in September last year, the Slovak veterinary authority has strictly monitored and tested all cows in the country So far, 43000 cows have been tested In order to prevent the spread of mad cow disease, 140 cows were slaughtered and burned.
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