A cow in Hokkaido, Japan, has been diagnosed with mad cow disease.

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheriessaidtuesday
that a cow inHokkaido region has been diagnosed with mad cow disease,this is the 34th confirmed case of mad cow disease in JapanThe Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries issued a press release on the same day said,by Hokkaido University and the University of Transport and Livestock testing,Hokkaido, a 15-year-old and 5-month-old female black-haired Japanese cattle were confirmed to be infected with mad cow diseaseOf all the confirmed cases of mad cow disease in Japan, the cow is the oldestThe cow was born in Shimane Prefecture in July 199
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00, and was reared in Hokkaido's New Crown and ShackJanuary 19, the cow was slaughtered as a meat-eating cow, but tested positive for mad cow disease and sent to Hokkaido University and The University of Bazoo for further testing The press release said that the cattle's meat , internal organs, etc have all been burned and treated, did not enter the market Mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is an infectious disease that harms the central nervous system of cattle
Diseased bovine brain tissue will be spongy lesions, gait instability
, balance disorders
, irritability and other symptoms People who eat beef contaminated with mad cow disease, the spinal cord of cattle , may be infected with the deadly new type of keratosis