UK May Have Mad Cow Disease Death of 22-Year Old Man

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Mad Cow

The family of the United Kingdom's Andrew 'Rew' Hawker are confident that when test results are in, they will show he died from variant CJD---linked to eating BSE infected meat.

Hawker died at at King's Mill Hospital on 7th May after being struck down by pneumonia while he fought the degenerative neurological disorder.

The 22-year old Bilsthorpe man has died from a suspected case of the incurable Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) — better known as 'mad cow' disease.  Health experts have told his family Andrew suffered from the more common sporadic form of CJD which usually affects 45-75 year olds.

Hawker  was diagnosed with the brain disease in October last year and his brave fight against it touched the hearts of his devastated friends and family.

For more on this tragic death, go here.

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Canada Finds 16th Animal Suffering With Mad Cow Disease Since 2003

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Mad Cow

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.

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Mad cow detected in Alberta bull

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Mad Cow
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Tests have confirmed mad cow disease in a mature bull in Alberta, but none of the animal entered the food chain, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Wednesday.

"The animal's carcass is under CFIA control, and no part of it entered the human food or animal feed systems," the agency said in a statement.

The agency did not say how old the animal was, but said that based on preliminary information it was "within the age range" of other Canadian cattle found to have have been infected with the disease.

"This signifies that the animal was exposed to a very small amount of infective material, most likely during its first year of life," CFIA said in a statement.

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