New case of mad cow disease found at dairy farm in western Canada

The Canadian Food and Quarantine Agency said in a statement on the 18th
a new case of mad cow disease found at a dairy farm in Alberta, western CanadaThis is the 11th case of mad cow disease detected in Canada since2
003The statement said,quarantine bureau personnel in the country's livestock farms during a routine inspection of the case foundThe infected cow is 13 years oldThe statement did not disclose the dairy farm's location in Alberta, but stressed that the newly discovered cases do not affect Canada's position as a "state that can control the risk of mad cow disease."The first case of mad cow disease was detected in the CanadianMay 2003, followed by a moratorium on imports of Canadian beef from countries such as the United States,Japan and Mexico2
July 2005 , the United States to ease import restrictions on Canadian beef , but but also only accept meat from calves under 30 months old There are about 14 million cattle across Canada, nearly 6 million of them in Alberta Canadian beef exports amount to
C$2
.
per year (c$1.99