BSE surveillance and control should be stepped up in Canada “and beyond”, says an international scientific panel asked to investigate after the first Canadian case was discovered in May.
The panel has told the Canadian government that to control the disease it must remove tissue such as brain and spinal cord from slaughtered cattle, and test many more high-risk cattle for BSE than it does at the moment. The government is willing to comply, but thinks the US should take similar measures. There has been no immediate response from the US.
When an eight-year-old cow in Alberta tested positive for…
