Germany reports first case of mad cow disease in seven years

Published 2021년 10월 21일

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Germany has reported a case of BSE (mad cow disease) in a 14-year-old cow, marking the first detection of the disease in the country in seven years. The diagnosis was confirmed by the World Organization for Animal Health following testing in a regional Bavarian laboratory and the Friedrich Loeffler Institute. This incident brings attention to the first case since 2014, highlighting the rare but potential risks of this slow-progressing, transmissible prion disease that can cause fatal brain damage in cattle. This development also follows an outbreak in the UK, underscoring the global history of BSE and its similarity to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, which can be transmitted through the consumption of contaminated meat.

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The German Veterinary Services reported one case of spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle. This disease is also known as mad cow disease. The information on the detection of this disease was received by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). This is the first case of detection of spongiform encephalopathy in cattle in Germany in the past seven years. Earlier, BSE was registered in the country in February 2014. It is specified that the disease was detected in a 14-year-old cow. The biomaterial was taken from the animal as part of the German targeting surveillance system for BSE. The study was carried out in the regional laboratory of Bavaria and the Friedrich Loeffler Institute. Earlier, an outbreak of mad cow disease was confirmed by the OIE in the English county of Somerset (UK). Mad cow disease first appeared in the UK in the 1980s and has spread to many countries around the world. The reason was that the farmers fed their livestock meat and bone meal to dead and ...

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