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<blockquote data-quote="2centsworth" data-source="post: 218054" data-attributes="member: 1185"><p>USDA RELEASES REPORT ON INVESTIGATION INTO ALABAMA BSE CASE</p><p>May 2, 2006</p><p> </p><p>USDA's Animal and Health and Inspection Service (APHIS) today released the results of an investigation into a BSE case identified in Alabama in March and noted that the animal was a non-ambulatory red crossbred, and that dentition determined that the animal was more than ten years old.</p><p></p><p>The ten-year age determination is significant because it indicates that the animal was born prior to the implementation of FDA's 1997 feed ban that minimizes the risk that a cow might consume feed contaminated with the agent thought to cause BSE. The animal was euthanized on the farm and a veterinarian submitted brain samples for testing. The animal was buried on the farm and did not enter the food supply.</p><p></p><p>APHIS and Alabama State officials investigated 36 farms and 5 auction houses and conducted DNA testing on herds that may have included relatives of the index animal. APHIS and State investigators were unable to find any related animals except for the two most recent calves of the index animal. The most recent calf was located at the same farm as the index animal and the second calf died the year before. No other animals of interest were located. The living calf of the BSE-positive animal is currently being held at APHIS' National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, for observation.</p><p></p><p>"APHIS' investigation did not reveal the BSE-positive animal's herd of origin," USDA Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford, DVM, said. "However, this was not entirely unexpected due to the age of the animal, along with its lack of identifying brands, tattoos and tags. Experience worldwide has shown that it is highly unusual to find BSE in more than one animal in a herd or in an affected animal's offspring." </p><p></p><p>To ensure that adequate feed controls were in place in the feed facilities in the immediate geographic area of the index farm, FDA conducted a feed investigation into local feed mills that may have supplied feed to the index animal after the 1997 feed ban. This investigation found that all local feed mills that handle prohibited materials have been and continue to be in compliance with the FDA's feed ban.</p><p></p><p>As part of APHIS' BSE enhanced surveillance program, more than 700,000 samples have been tested since June 2004. To date, only two of these highest risk animals has tested positive for the disease as part of the surveillance program, for a total of three cases of BSE in the United States. </p><p></p><p>"While APHIS' epidemiological investigation did not locate additional animals of interest, it is important to remember that human and animal health in the United States is protected by a system of interlocking safeguards, which ensure the safety of U.S. beef," Clifford said. "The most important of these safeguards is the ban on specified risk materials from the food supply and the FDA's 1997 feed ban. "</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2centsworth, post: 218054, member: 1185"] USDA RELEASES REPORT ON INVESTIGATION INTO ALABAMA BSE CASE May 2, 2006 USDA's Animal and Health and Inspection Service (APHIS) today released the results of an investigation into a BSE case identified in Alabama in March and noted that the animal was a non-ambulatory red crossbred, and that dentition determined that the animal was more than ten years old. The ten-year age determination is significant because it indicates that the animal was born prior to the implementation of FDA's 1997 feed ban that minimizes the risk that a cow might consume feed contaminated with the agent thought to cause BSE. The animal was euthanized on the farm and a veterinarian submitted brain samples for testing. The animal was buried on the farm and did not enter the food supply. APHIS and Alabama State officials investigated 36 farms and 5 auction houses and conducted DNA testing on herds that may have included relatives of the index animal. APHIS and State investigators were unable to find any related animals except for the two most recent calves of the index animal. The most recent calf was located at the same farm as the index animal and the second calf died the year before. No other animals of interest were located. The living calf of the BSE-positive animal is currently being held at APHIS' National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, for observation. "APHIS' investigation did not reveal the BSE-positive animal's herd of origin," USDA Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford, DVM, said. "However, this was not entirely unexpected due to the age of the animal, along with its lack of identifying brands, tattoos and tags. Experience worldwide has shown that it is highly unusual to find BSE in more than one animal in a herd or in an affected animal's offspring." To ensure that adequate feed controls were in place in the feed facilities in the immediate geographic area of the index farm, FDA conducted a feed investigation into local feed mills that may have supplied feed to the index animal after the 1997 feed ban. This investigation found that all local feed mills that handle prohibited materials have been and continue to be in compliance with the FDA's feed ban. As part of APHIS' BSE enhanced surveillance program, more than 700,000 samples have been tested since June 2004. To date, only two of these highest risk animals has tested positive for the disease as part of the surveillance program, for a total of three cases of BSE in the United States. "While APHIS' epidemiological investigation did not locate additional animals of interest, it is important to remember that human and animal health in the United States is protected by a system of interlocking safeguards, which ensure the safety of U.S. beef," Clifford said. "The most important of these safeguards is the ban on specified risk materials from the food supply and the FDA's 1997 feed ban. " [/QUOTE]
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