posted at ranchers.net on Wednesday an article
detailing our newest case of BSE in a 6 year old
black angus cow from "the same general area of
Alberta home to most of Canada’s BSE activity."
Alberta's BSE cluster zone.... by the way.... is near
CFB Wainwright.
Canada - Case of BSE (Mad cow disease) in 6 year
old cow
11 Mar 2010
The Badger has learned a new case of BSE was
discovered two weeks ago, but the public was not
informed as part of the government’s new
communication strategy.
The decision not to announce new cases of BSE was
made in August of 2009 and the public was
informed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
(CFIA) online.
“The CFIA is committed to providing all
stakeholders, including the general public, media
and trading partners, with timely information about
disease detections in farmed animals. As such, we
have revised how we report online for disease
detections in farmed animals to provide a more
comprehensive view of Canada’s animal health
status. All confirmed cases of federally reportable
diseases in farmed animals will be centrally located
on our website.
This information will be updated monthly,”
explained CFIA spokesperson Jenn Gearey.
The new communication strategy means journalists
will not be notified when any new cases of BSE are
discovered.
The latest finding of BSE – Canada’s 17th domestic
case – was announced to industry stakeholders
such as processors on Feb. 25, but not to the media
or general public. And while the CFIA claims its
reportable diseases page will be updated monthly,
no new information has been posted since Jan. 31.
The infection was detected through the national
surveillance program in a six-year-old black angus
cow in the same general area of Alberta home to
most of Canada’s BSE activity.
The last case discovered in Canada was in May of
2009 – the only occurrence that year. In 2008, there
were four incidents, in 2007, there were three and
in 2006, there were five cases of BSE.
Canada’s international risk status has not been
affected by the latest case.
end article....
Canada mad cow case delays OIE status change
Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:26pm EST
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada has
confirmed its 17th case of mad cow disease, a
finding that will delay any upgrade to its
international risk status by one year, a top industry
official said on Wednesday. The animal was born in
February 2004, making it Canada's latest-born
case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
The new case pushes back the earliest date for an
upgrade to Canada's controlled risk status from the
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) to 2016,
said Ted Haney, president of the Canada Beef
Export Federation.
A country cannot apply to upgrade to negligible
status sooner than 11 years after the latest-born
case of BSE. The process then takes about one year.
Canada, along with many other countries with
controlled risk status from the OIE, can ship beef as
long as it meets conditions such as disease
surveillance.
The infected animal, which has been slaughtered,
has not affected trade, Haney said.
The 2003 discovery of the first case of mad cow
disease on a Canadian farm caused many countries
to halt imports of Canadian beef. Most markets
have since reopened, but the cattle industry
remains in a slump due to other factors such as a
strong Canadian dollar.
Mad cow disease is believed to be spread when
cattle eat protein rendered from the brains and
spines of infected cattle or sheep. Canada banned
that practice in 1997.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency tightened
feed rules further in 2007 and said the moves
should help eliminate the disease nationally within
a decade, although the agency cautioned it still
expected to discover the occasional new case.
CFIA spokeswoman Julie LePage confirmed the 17th
case but could not provide details of the new case.
The CFIA notified cattle industry officials of the new
case late last month, but did not issue a news
release, Haney said.
(Reporting by Rod Nickel, editing by Julie
Ingwersen)
© Thomson Reuters 2010 All rights reserved.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCAT
RE6295A420100310
Sorry if this is upsetting to some of you, as Kato has
already pointed out at ranchers. I find this to be
revealing and important to, once again, have a case
born after the feed bans. I suspect though that
most people will (like in the UK) go for decades
blaming some remnant of old feed in a bin yadda
yatta....
When we open up our minds to the more obvious
truth, that so-called prion infected feed was not/is
not responsible for BSE in Canada... we will finally
move onto unravelling the true cause.
I am still waiting for Leon Benoit's MP office and the
Dept of National Defence to respond to my inquiry
into why CFB Wainwright has been attempting to
expand its land-base without any EIS
environmental impact study, and why after making
some apparent land deals, and angering those
ranchers that don't want to sell out, they are now
claiming that they will not be going ahead with the
base expansion plans.
CFB Wainwright being Canada's main tank training
facility, reportedly bought land from my new
neighbour in the Chauvin area. This is not, as far
as I am aware, anywhere near the present borders
of the base. It, is however, an area of very high oil
and gas activity, and Alberta's primary CWD
hotspot, where last year they slaughter and buried
hundreds of deer after they shot them from a
helicopter.
In accordance with the new Alberta Animal Health
Act, I for one, want to know what is the status of
cattle from this area.... are the surrounding
ranchers facing a "control zone", "Surveillance
zone", or a "quarantine zone"..... or what?
detailing our newest case of BSE in a 6 year old
black angus cow from "the same general area of
Alberta home to most of Canada’s BSE activity."
Alberta's BSE cluster zone.... by the way.... is near
CFB Wainwright.
Canada - Case of BSE (Mad cow disease) in 6 year
old cow
11 Mar 2010
The Badger has learned a new case of BSE was
discovered two weeks ago, but the public was not
informed as part of the government’s new
communication strategy.
The decision not to announce new cases of BSE was
made in August of 2009 and the public was
informed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
(CFIA) online.
“The CFIA is committed to providing all
stakeholders, including the general public, media
and trading partners, with timely information about
disease detections in farmed animals. As such, we
have revised how we report online for disease
detections in farmed animals to provide a more
comprehensive view of Canada’s animal health
status. All confirmed cases of federally reportable
diseases in farmed animals will be centrally located
on our website.
This information will be updated monthly,”
explained CFIA spokesperson Jenn Gearey.
The new communication strategy means journalists
will not be notified when any new cases of BSE are
discovered.
The latest finding of BSE – Canada’s 17th domestic
case – was announced to industry stakeholders
such as processors on Feb. 25, but not to the media
or general public. And while the CFIA claims its
reportable diseases page will be updated monthly,
no new information has been posted since Jan. 31.
The infection was detected through the national
surveillance program in a six-year-old black angus
cow in the same general area of Alberta home to
most of Canada’s BSE activity.
The last case discovered in Canada was in May of
2009 – the only occurrence that year. In 2008, there
were four incidents, in 2007, there were three and
in 2006, there were five cases of BSE.
Canada’s international risk status has not been
affected by the latest case.
end article....
Canada mad cow case delays OIE status change
Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:26pm EST
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada has
confirmed its 17th case of mad cow disease, a
finding that will delay any upgrade to its
international risk status by one year, a top industry
official said on Wednesday. The animal was born in
February 2004, making it Canada's latest-born
case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
The new case pushes back the earliest date for an
upgrade to Canada's controlled risk status from the
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) to 2016,
said Ted Haney, president of the Canada Beef
Export Federation.
A country cannot apply to upgrade to negligible
status sooner than 11 years after the latest-born
case of BSE. The process then takes about one year.
Canada, along with many other countries with
controlled risk status from the OIE, can ship beef as
long as it meets conditions such as disease
surveillance.
The infected animal, which has been slaughtered,
has not affected trade, Haney said.
The 2003 discovery of the first case of mad cow
disease on a Canadian farm caused many countries
to halt imports of Canadian beef. Most markets
have since reopened, but the cattle industry
remains in a slump due to other factors such as a
strong Canadian dollar.
Mad cow disease is believed to be spread when
cattle eat protein rendered from the brains and
spines of infected cattle or sheep. Canada banned
that practice in 1997.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency tightened
feed rules further in 2007 and said the moves
should help eliminate the disease nationally within
a decade, although the agency cautioned it still
expected to discover the occasional new case.
CFIA spokeswoman Julie LePage confirmed the 17th
case but could not provide details of the new case.
The CFIA notified cattle industry officials of the new
case late last month, but did not issue a news
release, Haney said.
(Reporting by Rod Nickel, editing by Julie
Ingwersen)
© Thomson Reuters 2010 All rights reserved.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCAT
RE6295A420100310
Sorry if this is upsetting to some of you, as Kato has
already pointed out at ranchers. I find this to be
revealing and important to, once again, have a case
born after the feed bans. I suspect though that
most people will (like in the UK) go for decades
blaming some remnant of old feed in a bin yadda
yatta....
When we open up our minds to the more obvious
truth, that so-called prion infected feed was not/is
not responsible for BSE in Canada... we will finally
move onto unravelling the true cause.
I am still waiting for Leon Benoit's MP office and the
Dept of National Defence to respond to my inquiry
into why CFB Wainwright has been attempting to
expand its land-base without any EIS
environmental impact study, and why after making
some apparent land deals, and angering those
ranchers that don't want to sell out, they are now
claiming that they will not be going ahead with the
base expansion plans.
CFB Wainwright being Canada's main tank training
facility, reportedly bought land from my new
neighbour in the Chauvin area. This is not, as far
as I am aware, anywhere near the present borders
of the base. It, is however, an area of very high oil
and gas activity, and Alberta's primary CWD
hotspot, where last year they slaughter and buried
hundreds of deer after they shot them from a
helicopter.
In accordance with the new Alberta Animal Health
Act, I for one, want to know what is the status of
cattle from this area.... are the surrounding
ranchers facing a "control zone", "Surveillance
zone", or a "quarantine zone"..... or what?
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