Canada Finds 16th Animal Suffering With Mad Cow Disease Since 2003
Canada must have a blank press release for announcing when another cow is discovered with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or Mad Cow disease.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says a six-year-old dairy cow in the western province of Alberta has been confirmed as Canada's 16th case of mad cow disease since 2003.
The CFIA says the animal tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE. No part of the carcass entered the human or animal food system.
CFIA says the animal's birth farm has been identified, and an investigation is under way. It reported that the age and location of the infected animal are consistent with previous cases detected in Canada.
This case will be investigated just as the 15 cases before it were. Infected feed was blamed for most of the earlier cases.
Reuters Canada has a story here.
So, if infected feed is to blame, then the fact that this cow didn't enter the human or animal food system is not as comforting as the fact that all the cows that ate the culprit feed didn't enter the human or animal food system. Wouldn't you think?
What in the world are they feeding these cows.