Japan confirms 34th case of mad cow disease
http://www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-21 23:44:09 Print
TOKYO, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said on Friday that a cow in northern Japan's Hokkaido had been tested positive for mad cow disease.
It was the 34th case of mad cow disease confirmed so far in the country.
According to the ministry's press release, the 15-year-old cow was born in western Japan's Shimane Prefecture and was raised in Hokkaido. After it was killed on Wednesday, the beef was tested positive for mad cow disease during check-up by a local meat inspection institution
The result was confirmed shortly after further testing at Hokkaido University and another farming college nearby.
The cow was the oldest one in all the mad cow disease cases in Japan.
All of the cow's meat and gut was incinerated before entering market, the press release said.
Editor: Yan Liang
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007- ... 290974.htm
USA MAD COW FREE, thanks to GW et al at USDA, and there complete honest and accurate BSE surveillance program
OH, and even if the occational spontaneous theory was correct (and it has never been proven, and is highly unlikely in my opinion, especially in the 85%+ of all CJD i.e. 'sporadic' CJD), it apparently does NOT happen in the USA. WE are blessed with cows that are TSE free. ...
Monthly Test Results
APHIS reports ongoing surveillance totals monthly.
The BSE ongoing surveillance program will sample approximately 40,000
animals each year. Under the program, USDA will continue to collect samples
from a variety of sites and from the cattle populations where the disease is
most likely to be detected, similar to the enhanced surveillance program
procedures.
BSE Ongoing Surveillance Program Cumulative Total
From Sep 1, 2006: 46,673
Month Number of Tests
Sep 2007
3,832
Aug 2007
5,433
Jul 2007
4,267
Jun 2007
4,106
May 2007
5,217
Apr 2007
5,104
Mar 2007
4,130
Feb 2007
2,937
Jan 2007
3,075
Dec 2006
2,477
Nov 2006
2,235
Oct 2006
2,068
Sep 2006
1,792
snip...end
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/hot_ ... ults.shtml
let's see now, from a USA cattle herd of some 95 million head, the expanded
2004 BSE cover-up that suddenly halted after the finding of the 2 BASE cases
i.e. atypical h-BSE documented in Alabama and Texas, this after rendering
another stumbling and staggering mad cow in Texas that was suspect BSE, but
_no_ test at all was given, and after suspect BSE samples sat stored on some
shelf somewhere for months and months, while the OIE BSE MRR was being born,
etc, etc, the USA total figures for BSE testing in this day and time,
regardless of the figures the OIE recommend, is inadequate to say the least. ...
Subject: OIE BSE RECOMMENDATION FOR USA, bought and paid for by your local
cattle dealers i.e. USDA
Date: May 14, 2007 at 9:00 am PST
IN A NUT SHELL ;
(Adopted by the International Committee of the OIE on 23 May 2006)
11. Information published by the OIE is derived from appropriate
declarations made by the
official Veterinary Services of Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible
for inaccurate
publication of country disease status based on inaccurate information or
changes in
epidemiological status or other significant events that were not promptly
reported to the
Central Bureau,
http://www.oie.int/eng/Session2007/RF2006.pdf
BSE BASE MAD COW TESTING TEXAS, USA, AND CANADA, A REVIEW OF SORTS
http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/
MADCOW USDA the untold story
http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/
CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE MAD COW BASE, CWD, SCRAPIE UPDATE OCT 2007
http://cjdmadcowbaseoct2007.blogspot.com/
SEAC 99th meeting on Friday 14th December 2007
http://seac992007.blogspot.com/
TSS
http://www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-21 23:44:09 Print
TOKYO, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said on Friday that a cow in northern Japan's Hokkaido had been tested positive for mad cow disease.
It was the 34th case of mad cow disease confirmed so far in the country.
According to the ministry's press release, the 15-year-old cow was born in western Japan's Shimane Prefecture and was raised in Hokkaido. After it was killed on Wednesday, the beef was tested positive for mad cow disease during check-up by a local meat inspection institution
The result was confirmed shortly after further testing at Hokkaido University and another farming college nearby.
The cow was the oldest one in all the mad cow disease cases in Japan.
All of the cow's meat and gut was incinerated before entering market, the press release said.
Editor: Yan Liang
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007- ... 290974.htm
USA MAD COW FREE, thanks to GW et al at USDA, and there complete honest and accurate BSE surveillance program
OH, and even if the occational spontaneous theory was correct (and it has never been proven, and is highly unlikely in my opinion, especially in the 85%+ of all CJD i.e. 'sporadic' CJD), it apparently does NOT happen in the USA. WE are blessed with cows that are TSE free. ...
Monthly Test Results
APHIS reports ongoing surveillance totals monthly.
The BSE ongoing surveillance program will sample approximately 40,000
animals each year. Under the program, USDA will continue to collect samples
from a variety of sites and from the cattle populations where the disease is
most likely to be detected, similar to the enhanced surveillance program
procedures.
BSE Ongoing Surveillance Program Cumulative Total
From Sep 1, 2006: 46,673
Month Number of Tests
Sep 2007
3,832
Aug 2007
5,433
Jul 2007
4,267
Jun 2007
4,106
May 2007
5,217
Apr 2007
5,104
Mar 2007
4,130
Feb 2007
2,937
Jan 2007
3,075
Dec 2006
2,477
Nov 2006
2,235
Oct 2006
2,068
Sep 2006
1,792
snip...end
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/hot_ ... ults.shtml
let's see now, from a USA cattle herd of some 95 million head, the expanded
2004 BSE cover-up that suddenly halted after the finding of the 2 BASE cases
i.e. atypical h-BSE documented in Alabama and Texas, this after rendering
another stumbling and staggering mad cow in Texas that was suspect BSE, but
_no_ test at all was given, and after suspect BSE samples sat stored on some
shelf somewhere for months and months, while the OIE BSE MRR was being born,
etc, etc, the USA total figures for BSE testing in this day and time,
regardless of the figures the OIE recommend, is inadequate to say the least. ...
Subject: OIE BSE RECOMMENDATION FOR USA, bought and paid for by your local
cattle dealers i.e. USDA
Date: May 14, 2007 at 9:00 am PST
IN A NUT SHELL ;
(Adopted by the International Committee of the OIE on 23 May 2006)
11. Information published by the OIE is derived from appropriate
declarations made by the
official Veterinary Services of Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible
for inaccurate
publication of country disease status based on inaccurate information or
changes in
epidemiological status or other significant events that were not promptly
reported to the
Central Bureau,
http://www.oie.int/eng/Session2007/RF2006.pdf
BSE BASE MAD COW TESTING TEXAS, USA, AND CANADA, A REVIEW OF SORTS
http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/
MADCOW USDA the untold story
http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/
CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE MAD COW BASE, CWD, SCRAPIE UPDATE OCT 2007
http://cjdmadcowbaseoct2007.blogspot.com/
SEAC 99th meeting on Friday 14th December 2007
http://seac992007.blogspot.com/
TSS
