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Iowa: Chronic wasting disease found in Marshall County deer

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A tissue sample collected in mid-June from a road killed adult buck deer in Marshall County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. With the addition of Marshall County,...

Brazil: Suspect ‘Mad cow disease’ cases likely sporadic CJD, Not related to meat consumption

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63  The Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (INI/Fiocruz) informed through a note that the two patients from Rio de Janeiro who...

Brazil’s mad cow outbreak prompts PH to ban country’s beef imports

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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...

Mad cow disease case reported on Somerset farm in England

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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...

Mad cow disease reported in two Brazil states

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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 research suspended in France following death of lab worker -Video news report

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In 2010, a French lab worker named Emilie Jaumain, accidentally pricked her thumb with a lab instrument during an experiment with prion-infected mice. 7.5 years later,...

Mad Cow disease case reported in Spain

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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...

Scrapie case reported on Iceland farm

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Chief Veterinary Officer for the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority, Dr Sigurborg Daðadóttir reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) this week a...

Chronic Wasting Disease: First confirmed case in a moose in Montana

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A moose in northwest Montana tested positive for chronic wasting disease, marking the first time the disease has been detected in the species in Montana. A hunter harvested the bull moose in late October...

Chronic wasting disease reported in Tennessee, Wisconsin

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Tennessee A deer harvested in Shelby County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA). The...