From: TSS () Subject: REPORT ON THE INVESTIGATION OF THE SEVENTH
CASE OF BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY (BSE) IN CANADA Date:
August 25, 2006 at 10:16 am PST BSE INVESTIGATION REACHES
CONCLUSION OTTAWA, August 24, 2006 - Investigators from the
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have concluded their
epidemiological investigation of the 50-month-old dairy cow from
Alberta diagnosed with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) on
July 13, 2006. No part of the animal’s carcass entered the human
food or animal feed systems. The animal died of causes unrelated
to BSE and would likely have lived for an additional four to six
months before the onset of BSE-related clinical signs. This age
range is not significantly different from that of previous
Canadian cases and indicates exposure to only a very low dose of
BSE infectivity. The detection of this case at the earliest
possible moment demonstrates the highly sensitive nature of
Canada’s national BSE surveillance program, which targets cattle
from the highest ris