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Slovenia reports new case of mad cow disease

05 Nov 2006 17:30:45 GMT
Source: Reuters

LJUBLJANA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Slovenia's Veterinary Administration said on Sunday a new case of mad cow disease was reported in a 6-year-old cow from Slovenia which was slaughtered in Austria earlier this week.

The cow was from a farm near Murska Sobota in eastern Slovenia and all movements of animals to and from the farm have been prohibited, head of the administration Vida Cadonic Spelic told Slovenian news agency STA.

This is Slovenia's seventh case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in animals, with the last being diagnosed in an ox in August 2005.

First detected in Britain in 1986, BSE caused millions of animals to be slaughtered in Britain in the 1980s and early 1990s. Nearly all European Union countries subsequently reported BSE cases and Sweden saw its first case earlier this year. But the overall incidence of BSE in the EU is falling.

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Last updated:Sun Nov 5 17:31:17 2006