| ■ Canada Confirms New Mad Cow Case | 06.08.24 |
| A new case of mad cow disease in Canada was confirmed Wednesday, making it the fifth case in the country this year and the eighth since 2003, CBC News reported. The latest case is in the province of Alberta and involves a cow believed to be old enough (8 to 10 years) to have contracted the disease before Canada banned the use of cattle parts in cattle feed, said the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CIFA). No part of the infected cow entered the human or animal feed systems, officials said. CIFA is trying to determine where the cow was born, verify its age, identify other cows from the herd, and determine possible sources of contaminated feed, CBC News reported. |