Another Mad Cow & A Possible Blood Test From Canada
Canada continues to make Mad Cow news.
The 15th case of Mad Cow disease was discovered in Canada, in the form of a seven year old dairy cow that was determined be suffering from bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Canadian agricultural and health officials were quick to point out that no part of the ill cow entered the human food or animal feed systems. The animal was from an un-named farm in British Columbia.
On Friday, Canada had better news when its researchers developed a blood test that could make it possible to detect mad cow disease in animals months before they exhibit symptoms of the illness.
Currently, the disease can only be diagnosed by testing the brains of dead animals. The development of a blood test would make the process much cheaper, simpler and reliable.
The new blood test won't be available for regular use for at least four years. Canada is working with Germany on the project.
