Bovine spongiform encephalopathy discovered in the Netherlands

An outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was detected in the Netherlands. Previously, the country was free from this disease, according to a review of the Information and Analytical Center of Rosselkhoznadzor, citing data from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). It is specified that an eight-year-old cow fell. The animal was kept on a farm in the south of the country in the village of Zuid-Beyerland. Moreover, the animal had no clinical signs of the disease associated with BSE. “As part of the Dutch targeted epidemiological surveillance system for BSE, a cow was tested positive with the TeSeE SAP Combi Kit ELISA (Bio-Rad). The body of the animal was destroyed. The identified animal did not enter the food supply and therefore did not pose a danger to human health, ”the materials received by the OIE say. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease, is a prion disease that causes permanent changes in the animal's brain. This disease was ...