Taiwan Department of Health confirmed the first case of suspected human infection with mad cow disease deaths

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At 14:39 on December 9, 2010
Taiwan Department of Health 八号 night confirmed the first suspected mad cow disease appeared deaths, the case is a thirty-year-old male, had mad cow epidemic in Britain to live within a decade, returned to Taiwan in 2008 after the disease, died within twenty-eight months, despite the mad cow disease-related symptoms and the like, but because their families do not want to gross anatomy, it has not been established.

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八号 evening, the Taiwan Center for Disease Control held an emergency press conference that since Taiwan's first suspected mad cow disease deaths occur.
Case is a thirty-year-old male pilot work, once the mad cow epidemic in the UK life for ten years, three years ago, began to symptoms such as drowsiness and memory impairment, coma, ten months after May 2010 died.
As family members never promised to do gross anatomy, with the biopsy, so that is why could not confirm whether it is really infected with mad cow disease, death, the case in the illness, also had two people donate blood, one of whom also lead to sepsis after receiving the blood.

Mad cow disease before the invasion of Taiwan for the Taiwan side, there are doubts, it is open to U.S. bone-in beef imports, once the ruling and opposition caused controversy, the CDC said the cases are imported cases, but also emphasizes improving hospital control and will not impact on the epidemic prevention. http://translate.googleusercontent.c...lP-cfUnKrXlbwQ

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Re: Taiwan Department of Health confirmed the first case of suspected human infection with mad cow disease deaths

Animal and plant quarantine department of Taiwan: the island's cattle is mad cow disease is not detected

At 09:35 on December 9, 2010

BEIJING, Dec. 9, according to Xinhua, "Central News" reported the first case of suspected human infection in the Taiwan case of mad cow disease.
Director of animal and plant quarantine defense, "Bureau of Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture," said the continuous monitoring of cattle in Taiwan, has been detected 573 in 2010, did not find any cattle infected with mad cow disease.
According to reports, commonly known as Taiwan's emergence from Chapter 1 of the suspected cases of human mad cow disease. "DH" preliminary understanding, the case who had been long settled in the UK affected areas, but the family refused an autopsy, "DH" can not rule out whether it is mad cow disease.
"Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Bureau deputy director," Huang Guoqing told reporters, according to his knowledge, this case is from the people born in 1974, about 1989 to 1997, studying in the UK.

Huang Guoqing said that about 15 million head of cattle in Taiwan, according to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) provides that "BAPHIQ" In addition to routine monitoring, but also the cattle get up again, emergency slaughtered cattle, with clinical neurological symptoms cattle tested, 573 were detected in 2010, are not found to cause mad cow disease in the Premier Aung protein.

Huang Guoqing said that at present the island although there is no BSE cow, but the remains of cattle of mad cow disease has long been available processing equipment and mechanisms, that is dedicated minced machine, and up to 800 degrees Celsius temperature mobile incinerator.

In addition, Huang Guoqing said that standard operating procedures for dealing with cows is not right to do the body anatomy of cattle, undercooked ground directly after the incineration, and then solidified with cement, Touhai, the Premier Aung protein sealed in cement, it will not be exposed. http://translate.googleusercontent.c...ASjpIYNqIJOloA