Canada: Rare case of atypical mad cow disease reported in Alberta

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/8460199/alberta-rare-atypical-mad-cow-disease/


Rare case of atypical mad cow disease reported in Alberta
By Staff The Canadian Press
Posted December 17, 2021 4:37 pm

Alberta Agriculture Minister Nate Horner says an older animal has tested positive for atypical mad cow disease in the province.

It’s Alberta’s first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as BSE, in almost six years...

 

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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy , Canada
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COUNTRY OR ZONE
COUNTRY

DISEASE
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

STARTED ON
05-12-2021

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

CONFIRMED ON
15-12-2021

REASON
Recurrence

CAUSAL AGENT
Prion (atypical BSE type H)

ENDED ON
-

DISEASE CATEGORY
OIE-listed

REPORTED ON
17-12-2021

LAST OCCURRENCE
07-08-2015

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Epidemiology

SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
- Unknown or inconclusive


EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
On December 6, 2021, a private veterinarian visited a farm reporting an 8 and a half year old beef cow (born April 13, 2013) that was injured and displayed some neurological signs. Samples were taken as part of the national surveillance program for BSE in Canada. Rapid tests conducted at the provincial laboratory in Edmonton, Alberta were non-negative which was reported to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). These results were confirmed by CFIA's OIE BSE reference laboratory in Lethbridge, Alberta on December 16, 2021 as an Atypical (H-type) case of BSE. The carcass was held and did not enter the human food or animal feed chains. The detection of atypical BSE in Canada underscores the ongoing effectiveness of Canada's robust targeted BSE surveillance program. Canada continues to have in place an enhanced feed ban that includes strict controls for the exclusion of specified risk materials from the entire animal feed chain and fertilizers.

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Outbreaks

ob_94064 - Ponoka County

OUTBREAK REFERENCE
-

STARTED ON
06-12-2021

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Farm

NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS
-

ENDED ON
-

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
The diseased animal is an 8 and a half year old beef cow. The geographic coordinates do not represent the actual location of the premises.

APPROXIMATE LOCATION
Ponoka County

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Alberta

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Division No. 8

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Ponoka County

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
Lat : 52.74

Long : -113.92


SPECIES MEASURING UNIT SUSCEPTIBLE CASES DEATHS KILLED AND DISPOSED OF SLAUGHTERED/KILLED FOR COMMERCIAL USE VACCINATED
Cattle NEW Animal 1 1 1 - - 0
TOTAL Animal 1 1 1 - - 0
- NEW Animal 1 1 1 - - 0
TOTAL Animal 1 1 1 -


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https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=44820

 

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