date:Apr 28, 2014
s found slumped on the floor of the slaughter facility. The animal was put down and samples of nervous tissue collected for laboratory analysis.
Besides BSE, nerve diseases could involve botulism, rabies or other possibilities. The animal was more than 10 years old, making it less likely that BSE is involved because it usually strikes cows that are two to seven years old.
Brazil claims the 2010 case was not a classic case of BSE, and officials there are hoping that remains the case. The minist