New case of BSE reported in Slovakia
09/07/2002
Slovakia’s State Veterinarian and Food Administration (SVPS), has reported the country’s tenth case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)– the first for three months.
The disease was diagnosed in a 72 month-old cow on a farm in Zvolen, central Slovakia.
Since the introduction of a national monitoring programme in September 2001, a total of ten cattle have been diagnosed with BSE in Slovakia.
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