BSE investigation to involve assessment of feed, says Minister
A search for the source of BSE, which is thought to have killed a cow on a farm in county Louth, will involve assessing the feed given to the herd and checking the ancestry of the cow’s mother,...
View ArticleNew Pee Test Could Tell If People Have Human 'Mad Cow' Disease
By Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer Published: 08/06/2014 05:54 PM EDT on LiveScience People with a type of rare and fatal brain disease linked to eating tainted beef have prions — infectious proteins...
View ArticleCoveney Commits Further Supports Towards the BVD Eradication Programme for...
(Source: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Ireland) The Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, T.D., today announced that he has decided to extend and re-focus...
View ArticleMad cow disease found in Canada, first Canadian BSE case since 2011
A case of mad cow disease was confirmed in Canada, reported Reuters Feb. 13. Canada is a leading beef exporter. The infected cow was found in Alberta, Canada, It's the first case of mad cow disease...
View ArticleSuspected BSE case threatens industry’s restored reputation
News of another suspected case of BSE could not have come at a worse time for the beef industry here. Just last week, Ireland was granted “negligible risk status” for the disease from the World...
View Article25 June 2015 - O’Neill comments on Louth BSE case (Department of Agriculture...
(Source: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development) Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill today commented on the confirmation by the south's Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)...
View ArticleBrazil confirms second case of atypical mad cow disease
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil has confirmed a second case of atypical mad cow disease, a year after several countries banned Brazilian beef imports when a similar case of the disease was confirmed. The...
View ArticleNorway finds first case of mad cow disease, says food safe
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway reported its first ever case of mad cow disease on Thursday, saying the instance was an isolated one and telling consumers it was still safe to eat beef and drink milk. Tests at...
View Article25 June 2015 - O’Neill comments on Louth BSE case (Northern Ireland Executive)
(Source: Northern Ireland Executive) Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill today commented on the confirmation by the south's Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) of a classical BSE...
View ArticleMad cow fears overblown, Fraser Health authority says
The Fraser Health authority is trying to stamp out fears of a mad cow disease outbreak, saying three patients with suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease did not get sick from eating contaminated beef....
View ArticleQ&A: What does latest BSE case mean for Ireland?
I thought we got rid of Mad Cow Disease years ago. How did it get back into the country? BSE, or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, never went away you know. Commonly known as Mad Cow Disease, the fatal...
View ArticleState may lose ‘negligible risk’ status if BSE case confirmed
He told the Dáil the State may revert to “controlled risk status” for a number of years with existing controls remaining in place. Ireland was awarded the controlled risk status in May 2008, seven...
View ArticleFears of mad cow disease case on Co Louth farm
A case of suspected mad cow disease has been identified on an Irish dairy farm in a border county. The Republic now faces losing its sought-after status as a BSE-free country. The five-year-old was...
View ArticleBSE suspected in cow death
A suspected case of BSE has been reported from a farm for the first time since 2013, potentially hitting big international beef deals secured in the last year. Department of Agriculture...
View Article10 years after mad cow, little change on tracking
A walking tour of Bill Wavrin's dairy takes few steps. His house and office sit on a hill above the milking parlor, birthing pen and calf sheds. Beyond, his cows sprawl in groups of 15 or 20 as the...
View ArticleTimeline of new Alberta BSE case released
EDMONTON - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says little more than a week passed from the time the most recent case of mad cow disease was first suspected to when it was confirmed and national...
View ArticleBSE case should not limit Irish beef trade, says expert
The international community should “in no way” seek to restrict the trade in, or consumption of, Irish beef because of a suspected BSE case in the Republic, said the international agency that ranks...
View ArticleTests on BSE cow confirm it was an isolated case
The Department of Agriculture has said final tests on the recent suspected case of BSE found in a cow in Co Louth have confirmed that it was an isolated case in a single animal. The department said all...
View ArticleTest results from suspected BSE case due later this week
Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney is expected to reveal the test results on a suspected case of BSE in Co Louth later this week. If confirmed, it would be the first case of the disease in Ireland...
View ArticleBSE: what is it and where does it come from?
The following Q&A has been compiled by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland What is BSE?: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is a disease that affects adult cattle. BSE attacks the brain and...
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