Jason
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I know a few differences between Canada and the other countries that declared BSE previous.
1. Canada had a feed ban in place since 1997
2. Canada has a mandatory ID system in place
3. Canada was able to trace and test over 2000 head ever in contact with the Wanham cow with no other positives.
4. Canada instituted a 4D testing policy and found only 2 more cows. (BTW we are over twice the number of cows tested for 2005 than required)
So far only a couple countries have been mentioned that have declared only 1 or 2 cows Isreal and I can't remember if it was Switzerland?
Do they have the same above safegaurds in place? Are/were they big trading partners with Canada/US?
Hmmm maybe there are more factors.
1. Canada had a feed ban in place since 1997
2. Canada has a mandatory ID system in place
3. Canada was able to trace and test over 2000 head ever in contact with the Wanham cow with no other positives.
4. Canada instituted a 4D testing policy and found only 2 more cows. (BTW we are over twice the number of cows tested for 2005 than required)
So far only a couple countries have been mentioned that have declared only 1 or 2 cows Isreal and I can't remember if it was Switzerland?
Do they have the same above safegaurds in place? Are/were they big trading partners with Canada/US?
Hmmm maybe there are more factors.