JAPAN-Local governments to carry on BSE testing despite subsidy cuts

11/03/2009 00:54:58

Japan-BSE Testing.

JAPAN-Local governments to carry on BSE testing despite subsidy cuts



Every local government across the country with meat inspection facilities will continue to test all beef cows for mad cow disease during the next fiscal year, a Mainichi survey has found.

The finding comes despite the central government’s abolition of about 200 million yen in annual subsidies to local governments for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) tests. Japan is the only country where all beef cows are tested for the disease.

In August 2005, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry deemed that there is no need for BSE tests on cows 20 months old or younger, on the grounds that no cow born before January 2002 has been found infected with BSE and that there is little chance of finding BSE in such young cows even if they have been infected.

Nevertheless, the ministry had extended subsidies to local governments conducting BSE tests on all beef cows until July last year.

Officials in charge at all 77 prefectural and municipal governments that have beef inspection facilities said they will continue BSE tests on all beef cows in fiscal 2009.

Among the reasons given was the need to "maintain the brand image of their locally produced beef" and "prevent confusion in the marketing process."

However, 30 government bodies said that there was no discussion on whether to continue testing. The survey also suggested that governments tend to abide by the policy of their peers and requests from local residents.

"It would take a lot of nerve to stop it while other prefectures are continuing it," said an official at the Akita Prefectural Government.

"We’d like to stop it but we can’t gain support from local residents," a Miyagi Prefectural Government representative said. An official at the Yokohama Municipal Government said that the national government needs to take the initiative in convincing the public of the safety of beef.

The Toyohashi Municipal Government in Aichi Prefecture called on the national government to organize a nationwide BSE testing system. "Since beef is marketed in widespread areas, there is no point in conducting inspections on them unless they are coordinated.."

The government has also applied with the World Organization for Animal Health to raise its evaluation of Japan’s BSE countermeasures from the lowest level of "a country whose BSE risk is unknown" to the middle level of "a country having a controlled BSE risk.."

Japan filed the application after it was decided to abolish a practice called "pithing" at all meat treatment centers across the country by the end of this fiscal year. In pithing, a wire is inserted into the cow’s head to destroy the brains and spinal marrow and to prevent them from thrashing around. The practice is feared to raise the risk of BSE infections.

The government expects its application to be approved at a general meeting of the organization to be held in May this year.



http://www.farminguk.com/news/Japan-BSE-Testing.12958.asp





I applaud Japans effort to continue to try and eradicate BSE (TSE) i.e. mad cow from their herds. A far cry as to what the USDA has done here in the USA. they did just the opposite. the truth hurts sometimes when reality sets in $$$


WITHOUT a doubt, IF the USA, Canada, and Mexico can have a terribly flawed favorable rating, even though they are BSE GBR risk factor III, and even at that it was on flawed data, with all this, why not Japan being as controlled as the USA and North America ??? it's all about money is it not $$$ that's what Prusiner et al told the hearing committee in California ;


DAMNING TESTIMONY FROM STANLEY PRUSINER THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER ON PRIONS SPEAKING ABOUT ANN VENEMAN ''they don't wanna know, the dont' care''





----- Original Message ----- From: TERRY SINGELTARY To: mhtml:%7B33B38F65-8D2E-434D-8F9B-8BDCD77D3066%7Dmid://00000049/!x-usc:mailto:BSE-L@LISTS.AEGEE.ORG Cc:
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 4:27 PM Subject: Risk of Introduction of BSE into Japan by the Historical Importation of Live Cattle from the United Kingdom

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Vol. 71 (2009) , No. 2 February pp.133-138

Risk of Introduction of BSE into Japan by the Historical Importation of Live Cattle from the United Kingdom

Katsuaki SUGIURA1), Toyoko KUSAMA1), Tomotaro YOSHIDA1), Naoki SHINODA1) and Takashi ONODERA2)

1) Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center 2) Department of Molecular Immunology, University of Tokyo

(Received 10-Mar-2008) (Accepted 3-Sep-2008)

ABSTRACT. All cattle imported from the United Kingdom to Japan since 1980 and slaughtered before 2002 were traced (n=33), and the number of cattle that were possibly infected with BSE and entered the animal feed chain was calculated. Because there was no effective system to avoid recycling of the BSE agent via animal feed until the early 1990s, of the 33 cattle imported from the UK into Japan, most probably 7 or 8 were infected and entered the animal feed chain, 2 of which entered the animal feed chain in each of 1992 and 1993. In terms of infectivity, 400-550 cattle oral ID50 of the BSE agent entered the feed chain in each of these years. The amount of infectivity that entered the feed chain in 1989, 1991 and 1995 was smaller but still substantial, suggesting that the BSE agent might have entered the Japanese feed chain in any of these years.

KEY WORDS: bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), import risk analysis, Japan, live cattle, simulation

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DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

The results of this study indicate that, if BSE had been introduced into Japan by live cattle imported from the UK, it would have most probably entered Japan through cattle imported in 1987 and 1988 and that infectivity would then have been most likely introduced into the feed system through MBM produced from carcasses or waste materials from one or more of these cattle when they were slaughtered or died during 1992–1993. This is consistent with the results of Sugiura’s previous study reported in 2004 [11].

The results of this study also indicate that a substantial amount of BSE infectivity is likely to have been released into the feed chain by imported cattle from the UK in 1992 and 1993, and a small but still substantial amount of BSE infectivity is likely to have been released in 1989, 1991 and 1995. Considering the amount of infectivity that entered the feed chain and the absence of a cattle/BSE system that would avoid processing of infected cattle and recycling the BSE agent via the feed chain (SRM removal, pressurized heat treatment of MBM, and an effective feed ban were not practiced or in place), one can assume that some Japanese cattle born in the early 1990s became infected by consuming contaminated MBM produced from these imported cattle.

Of the 35 BSE cases detected in Japan by the end of April 2008, 13 were born in 1995–1996, 19 were born in 1999– 2001, two were born in 1992 and one was born in 2002. Considering the substantial amount of infectivity that entered the feed chain in 1989, 1992, 1993 and 1995 and that cattle get infected within one year of birth [17], the cases born in 1995–1996 might have been infected by consuming feed containing infected MBM produced in 1995 or by recycling of cattle infected in 1989–1993. Of the two BSE cases born in 1992, one was atypical, and the other was typical, which might have been infected by consuming feed containing infected MBM produced in 1991–1993.

The results of the present study are consistent with the conclusion made by Yoshikawa et al. in their report [18], that the imported cattle from the UK that were slaughtered in an abattoir in the Kanto region in 1995 and whose rendered byproducts were used in that region, possibly became the source of infection for the three BSE cases detected in this region.

In Sugiura’s previous study [11], only the cattle that developed BSE (i.e., had reached the last stage of the incubation period) were assumed to be infectious. As a result, the probabilities that BSE entered the animal feed chain might have been underestimated. The present study has overcome this problem by using prevalence of infection (probability of being infected) instead of using incidence rate (probability of developing clinical signs) for each birth cohort.

In the present study, we assumed that the cattle imported from the UK all died or were slaughtered for non-BSE reasons because according to the official records, none of them showed clinical signs compatible with BSE at death/slaughter. However, most of the 33 animals had some clinical signs at death/slaughter, such as reproductive disorder, arthritis, mastitis, post-parturition downer, ketosis, rumen displacement [18], and some of them might have died or been culled after having completed the incubation period. As a result, the amount of infectivity that entered the animal feed chain might have been underestimated.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ database [18], the amount of MBM used between 1989 and 1995 as raw material for the production of cattle compound feed was 83 to 247 metric tons annually, representing less than 0.05% of the total amount of MBM used for feed (most of the MBM used for feed was used for production chicken and pig feed). In addition, co-farming of ruminants and non-ruminants is not a common practice in Japan. These facts suggest that, of the 1,080–1,460 cattle oral ID50 that were estimated to have entered the animal feed chain between 1989 and 1995, the amount of BSE agent consumed by cattle would be much smaller, and thus the amount of BSE agent estimated should be considered the maximum amount consumed by cattle. Considering that the BSE agent is likely to be heterogeneously distributed in feedstuffs [16] and that no information was available about how heterogeneously the BSE agent was distributed in feed in Japan, the authors suggest that, without calculating the possible number of infected animals, the calculated amount of ID50 represents the maximum amount that would have been consumed by cattle.

Fig. 2. Probability distributions of the number of infected animals that entered the animal feed chain from (a) the total of 33 cattle imported from the UK, (b) the 5 cattle imported from the UK in 1982, (c) the 9 cattle imported from the UK in 1987 and (d) the 19 cattle imported from the UK in 1988.

Fig. 4. Amount of BSE infectivity that entered the animal feed chain in Japan by year. Solid, dashed and dotted lines assume doubling time of 4 months, 2 months and 1 month, respectively

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http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvms/71/2/133/_pdf



REFERENCES



http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvms/71/2/71_133/_cit



Greetings BSE-L members !

Because there was no effective system to avoid recycling of the BSE agent via animal feed until the early 1990s, of the 33 cattle imported from the UK into Japan, most probably 7 or 8 were infected and entered the animal feed chain, 2 of which entered the animal feed chain in each of 1992 and 1993. In terms of infectivity, 400-550 cattle oral ID50 of the BSE agent entered the feed chain in each of these years. The amount of infectivity that entered the feed chain in 1989, 1991 and 1995 was smaller but still substantial, suggesting that the BSE agent might have entered the Japanese feed chain in any of these years.<<< O.K., lets look at other imports of live catte from the U.K. to the U.S.A. and Canada, just to compare to Japan. UK Exports of Live Cattle by Value 1986-96 USA 697 LIVE CATTLE CANADA 299 LIVE CATTLE SO, where does that leave us here in North America ??? HERE IN THE U.S.A. IT'S WHAT I CALL, MAD COW DENIAL $$$ TSS USA AND CANADA IMPORTS OF UK CATTLE BETWEEN 1981 - 1989 USA = 496 CANADA = 198 *add 14 to 198 as last UK import to Canada, 14 in 1990


http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/sci/ahra/bseris/bserise.pdf



HERE is another look at all the imports for both the USA and Canada of UK live cattle and greaves exports ;

UK Exports of Live Cattle by Value 1986-96

USA 697 LIVE CATTLE

CANADA 299 LIVE CATTLE



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m11f/tab11.pdf



UK EXPORTS OF MBM TO WORLD



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m11g/tab05.pdf



OTHERS

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*** SEE FULL TEXT ;

Risk of Introduction of BSE into Japan by the Historical Importation of Live Cattle from the United Kingdom



http://bseusa.blogspot.com/2009/03/risk-of-introduction-of-bse-into-japan.html



UK EXPORTS OF MBM TO WORLD



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m11g/tab05.pdf




OTHERS


BEEF AND VEAL



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m11f/tab08.pdf



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m11f/tab09.pdf



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m11f/tab10.pdf



LIVE CATTLE



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m11f/tab11.pdf



FATS



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m11g/tab01.pdf



EMBRYOS



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m11g/tab03.pdf



GELATIN ETC



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m11g/tab02.pdf



SEMEN



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m11g/tab04.pdf



MEAT



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m11g/tab05.pdf



Wednesday, April 16, 2008

MBM, greaves, meat offal, live cattle, imports from UK to USA vs Canada "Three of four possible manufacturers supplying a protein supplement likely fed to the animal could have included meat and bone meal (MBM) as an ingredient in its formulation. One of these manufacturers was able to confirm usage of meat and bone meal in supplements and confirm a source of MBM to be one common to previous BSE investigations."

USA AND CANADA IMPORTS OF UK CATTLE BETWEEN 1981 - 1989

USA = 496

CANADA = 198

*add 14 to 198 as last UK import to Canada, 14 in 1990



http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/sci/ahra/bseris/bserise.pdf



HERE is another look at all the imports for both the USA and Canada of UK live cattle and greaves exports ;

UK Exports of Live Cattle by Value 1986-96

USA 697 LIVE CATTLE

CANADA 299 LIVE CATTLE



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m11f/tab11.pdf



UK TABLE of Exports of meal of meat and meat offal; greaves 1979 - 1995

USA 24 TONS

CANADA 83 TONS



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m12/tab12.pdf



HOWEVER, my files show 44 tons of greaves for USA. ...TSS

Subject: Re: exports from the U.K. of it's MBM to U.S.??? From: mhtml:%7B33B38F65-8D2E-434D-8F9B-8BDCD77D3066%7Dmid://00000049/!x-usc:mailto:S.J.Pearsall@esg.maff.gsi.gov.uk Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 14:03:16 +0000 To: mhtml:%7B33B38F65-8D2E-434D-8F9B-8BDCD77D3066%7Dmid://00000049/!x-usc:mailto:flounder@wt.net (Receipt Notification Requested) (Non Receipt Notification Requested)

Terry

Meat and bonemeal is not specifically classified for overseas trade purposes. The nearest equivalent is listed as flours and meals of meat or offals (including tankage), unfit for human consumption; greaves. UK exports of this to the US are listed below:

Country Tonnes

1980

1981 12

1982

1983

1984 10

1985 2

1986

1987

1988

1989 20

1990

Data for exports between 1975 and 1979 are not readily available. These can be obtained (at a charge) from data retailers appointed by HM Customs and Excise: BTSL (Tel: 01372 463121) or Abacus (01245 252222). Best wishes Simon Pearsall Overseas trade statistics Stats (C&F)C

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http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/02/atypical-bse-north-america-update.html



Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Audit says USDA lost track of imported cattle Report No. 50601-0012-Ch March 2008

Audit says USDA lost track of imported cattle Canada has reported 13 cases of mad cow



http://usdameatexport.blogspot.com/2008/07/audit-says-usda-lost-track-of-imported.html



Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Atypical BSE North America Update February 2009

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Atypical BSE North America Update February 2009

Greetings,

Considering that Mad Cow disease of all documented phenotypes, either the c-BSE, or the atypical h-BSE and or the l-BSE, ALL of which have been documented in North America, how many more, who knows, but they seem to be throwing all there marbles in the pot now by calling the h-type BSE 'familial'. what happens if we come up with another strain ? kinda like the sporadic FFI, that's not familial, what's that all about ? considering the many different strains of the typical scrapie 20+, and then the atypical Nor-98 Scrapie, which the USA has documented 6 cases the last i heard, and the thought of more than one strain of CWD in deer and elk, where will the next year, 4 years, 8 years, and beyond take us in the world of human and animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy and 'sound science' in the USA ? WILL the New Administration see the enfamous enhanced bse surveillance program of 2004 for what it was, a fraud, and have a 'redo' ? WE can hope i suppose. ...TSS

Both of the BSE cases ascertained in the US native-born cattle were atypical cases (H-type), which contributed to the initial ambiguity of the diagnosis. 174, 185 In Canada, there have been 2 atypical BSE cases in addition to the 14 cases of the classic UK strain of BSE2: one was the H-type, and the other was of the L-type.198

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source :

Enhanced Abstract Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association January 1, 2009, Vol. 234, No. 1, Pages 59-72

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Jane L. Harman, DVM, PhD; Christopher J. Silva, PhD



http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/ref/10.2460/javma.234.1.59



Thursday, December 04, 2008 2:37 PM

"we have found that H-BSE can infect humans."

personal communication with Professor Kong. ...TSS

see full text ;



http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/02/atypical-bse-north-america-update.html



Sunday, December 28, 2008

MAD COW DISEASE USA DECEMBER 28, 2008 an 8 year review of a failed and flawed policy



http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2008/12/mad-cow-disease-usa-december-28-2008-8.html



Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Mad Cow Disease typical and atypical strains, was there a cover-up ?



http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2008/08/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy-mad.html



Friday, August 29, 2008

CREEKSTONE VS USDA COURT OF APPEALS, BUSH SAYS, NO WAY, NO HOW



http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2008/08/creekstone-vs-usda-court-of-appeals.html



Sunday, March 16, 2008

MAD COW DISEASE terminology UK c-BSE (typical), atypical BSE H or L, and or Italian L-BASE



http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2008/03/mad-cow-disease-terminology-uk-c-bse.html



HUMAN and ANIMAL TSE Classifications i.e. mad cow disease and the UKBSEnvCJD only theory JUNE 2008

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Tissue infectivity and strain typing of the many variants Manuscript of the human and animal TSEs are paramount in all variants of all TSE. There must be a proper classification that will differentiate between all these human TSE in order to do this. With the CDI and other more sensitive testing coming about, I only hope that my proposal will some day be taken seriously. ...

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http://cjdmadcowbaseoct2007.blogspot.com/2008/06/human-and-animal-tse-classifications-ie.html



Manuscript Draft Manuscript Number: Title: HUMAN and ANIMAL TSE Classifications i.e. mad cow disease and the UKBSEnvCJD only theory Article Type: Personal View Corresponding Author: Mr. Terry S. Singeltary, Corresponding Author's Institution: na First Author: Terry S Singeltary, none Order of Authors: Terry S Singeltary, none; Terry S. Singeltary Abstract: TSEs have been rampant in the USA for decades in many species, and they all have been rendered and fed back to animals for human/animal consumption. I propose that the current diagnostic criteria for human TSEs only enhances and helps the spreading of human TSE from the continued belief of the UKBSEnvCJD only theory in 2007.



http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=090000648027c28e&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf



OIE amending the Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC establishing the BSE status of Member States or third countries or regions thereof according to their BSE risk



http://docket-aphis-2006-0041.blogspot.com/2009/01/oie-amending-annex-to-decision.html



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 then Central Bureau............



http://www.oie.int/eng/Session2007/RF2006.pdf



full text ;



http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2007/10/bse-base-mad-cow-testing-texas-usa-and.html



http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/



NOW, ask yourself why not one single mad cow has been documented in the USA since the Honorable Phyllis Fong of the OIG did the end around Johanns, Dehaven et al ??? found two atypical BSE or BASE cases and they flat shut it down i tell you. IF the OIE gives a favorable rating, IF the OIE gives any other rating but the lowest, poorest possible BSE/TSE rating, the OIE will have sealed there fate once and for all, because most of the world knows the truth about the USA and there mad cows. THE OIE will then be able to stand side by side with the USA, and proudly claim to have sold there soul to the devil, all for a buck, commodities and futures, to hell with human health. A 'CONTROLLED' RATING IS EXACTLY what the OIE will get if that is what they classify the USA as a 'CONTROLLED RATING'. IT will be controlled by Johanns, Dehaven, and GW. IT WILL BE RIGGED in other words. but that is nothing new, it's been rigged for years. ...

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SEE FULL TEXT with facts and sources @ ;Wednesday, June 11, 2008

OIE Recognition of the BSE Status of Members RESOLUTION No. XXI (Adopted by the International Committee of the OIE on 27 May 2008)

Attachment to Singeltary comment January 28, 2007 Greetings APHIS, I would kindly like to submit the following to ; BSE; MRR; IMPORTATION OF LIVE BOVINES AND PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM BOVINES [Docket No. APHIS-2006-0041] RIN 0579-AC01 [Federal Register: January 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 5)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 1101-1129] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr09ja07-21]

BSE; MRR; IMPORTATION OF LIVE BOVINES AND PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM BOVINES [Docket No. APHIS-2006-0041] RIN 0579-AC01 Date: January 9, 2007 at 9:08 am PST

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MY personal belief, since you ask, is that not only the Canadian border, but the USA border, and the Mexican border should be sealed up tighter than a drum for exporting there TSE tainted products, until a validated, 100% sensitive test is available, and all animals for human and animal consumption are tested. all we are doing is the exact same thing the UK did with there mad cow poisoning when they exported it all over the globe, all the while knowing what they were doing. this BSE MRR policy is nothing more than a legal tool to do just exactly what the UK did, thanks to the OIE and GW, it's legal now. and they executed Saddam for poisoning ???

go figure....

Terry S. Singeltary Sr. P.O. Box 42 Bacliff, Texas USA 77518



http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=09000064801f3412



http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064801f3413&disposition=attachment&contentType=msw8



January 28, 2007

Greetings APHIS,

I would kindly like to submit the following to ;

BSE; MRR; IMPORTATION OF LIVE BOVINES AND PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM BOVINES [Docket No. APHIS-2006-0041] RIN 0579-AC01

[Federal Register: January 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 5)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 1101-1129] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr09ja07-21]

[[Page 1101]]



http://docket-aphis-2006-0041.blogspot.com/2008/06/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy.html



Docket APHIS-2007-0033 Docket Title Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List Docket Type Rulemaking Document APHIS-2007-0033-0001 Document Title Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List Public Submission APHIS-2007-0033-0002.1 Public Submission Title Attachment to Singeltary comment



http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=090000648027c28e



CHAPTER 3 Animal Disease Eradication Programs and Control and Certification Programs

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In FY 2007, two field cases, one validation study case, and two RSSS cases were consistent with a variant of the disease known as Nor98 scrapie.1 These five cases originated from flocks in California, Minnesota, Colorado, Wyoming, and Indiana, respectively.

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http://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/animal_health/content/printable_version/AHR_Web_PDF_07/D_Chapter_3.pdf



NOR-98 Scrapie FY 2008 to date 1



http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_diseases/scrapie/downloads/monthly_scrapie_rpt.pps



ATYPICAL TSEs in USA CATTLE AND SHEEP ?



http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/sc/seac17/tab03.pdf



with kindness regards,

I am sincerely,

Terry S. Singeltary Sr. P.O. Box 42 Bacliff, Texas USA 77518