NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Alberta Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development, Nate Horner issued the following statement on a positive case of atypical BSE in Alberta: “Recently,...

By Teddy Cambosa Following a mad cow outbreak in Brazil, the Department of Agriculture in the Philippines has imposed a temporary ban on beef imports coming from Brazil. In their latest Memorandum Order...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The UK Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) reports a single confirmed case of classical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) on a Somerset farm Friday. The animal...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Brazilian Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance System detected two cases of atypical BSE, type H in two beef cows in meat plants in two different states–Minas...

Prion diseases are a group of rapidly progressive, fatal and infectious neurodegenerative disorders affecting both humans and animals: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or ‘mad cow’ disease...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Ministerio de Agricultura in Madrid, Spain recently notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) of a case of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a cow on...

A new study in Nucleic Acids Research, published by Oxford University Press, suggests a possible effective treatment strategy for patients suffering from prion disease. Prion disease is a rapidly fatal...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 In Brazil, the Agricultural Defense Secretariat of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply reports (computer translated) the confirmation of an atypical case of Bovine...

Dr. Pawel Niemczuk, Chief Veterinary Officer with the Poland Ministry of Agriculture notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) of a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE),...

A case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm in Aberdeenshire. In line with the disease prevention response plan, precautionary movement restrictions have been put in place...