Mike
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A BSE case born in September 1996
source Defra
BSE has been diagnosed in a Hereford Cross cow, born on 14 September 1996, 1 month after 01 August 1996, when extra control measures on animal feed containing mammalian meat and bone meal (MMBM) were considered to have been fully implemented. The animal was taken under the current compulsory testing programme of all cattle taken as fallen stock. Its farm of origin was in Dorset. When it was nineteen months old, it was moved to another farm in Dorset, where it remained until it was submitted for slaughter on 30 May 2003. Disease was officially confirmed on 7 July 2003.
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A BSE case born in December 1997
BSE has been diagnosed in a Holstein Friesian cow born on 01 December 1997, sixteen months after 1 August 1996, when extra control measures on animal feed containing mammalian meat and bone meal (MMBM) were considered to have been fully implemented. The animal was taken under the compulsory TSE surveillance programme, an aspect of which requires the UK to test all animals aged over 42 months and born after August 1996, which are submitted for slaughter under the Over Thirty Months Scheme. Its farm of origin was in Pembrokeshire, where it remained until it was submitted for slaughter on 15 April 2003. Disease was officially confirmed on 05 June 2003.
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A BSE case born in July 1997
BSE has been diagnosed in a Friesian Holstein cow born on 19 July 1997, eleven months after 1 August 1996, when extra control measures on animal feed containing mammalian meat and bone meal (MMBM) were considered to have been fully implemented. The animal was taken under the current compulsory testing programme of all cattle born between 01 August 1996 and 31 July 1997 and submitted for slaughter under the Over Thirty Months Slaughter Scheme (OTMS). Its farm of origin was in Hampshire, where it remained until it was submitted for slaughter on 11 April 2003. Disease was officially confirmed on 05 June 2003.
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A BSE case born in August 1998
BSE has been diagnosed in a Friesian cow, born on 15 August 1998, twenty-four months after 1 August 1996, when extra control measures on animal feed containing mammalian meat and bone meal (MMBM) were considered to have been fully implemented. The animal was taken under passive surveillance as a clinical suspect. Its farm of origin was in Somerset where it remained until it was slaughtered as a BSE suspect on 19 March 2003. Disease was officially confirmed on 9 May 2003.
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source Defra
BSE has been diagnosed in a Hereford Cross cow, born on 14 September 1996, 1 month after 01 August 1996, when extra control measures on animal feed containing mammalian meat and bone meal (MMBM) were considered to have been fully implemented. The animal was taken under the current compulsory testing programme of all cattle taken as fallen stock. Its farm of origin was in Dorset. When it was nineteen months old, it was moved to another farm in Dorset, where it remained until it was submitted for slaughter on 30 May 2003. Disease was officially confirmed on 7 July 2003.
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A BSE case born in December 1997
BSE has been diagnosed in a Holstein Friesian cow born on 01 December 1997, sixteen months after 1 August 1996, when extra control measures on animal feed containing mammalian meat and bone meal (MMBM) were considered to have been fully implemented. The animal was taken under the compulsory TSE surveillance programme, an aspect of which requires the UK to test all animals aged over 42 months and born after August 1996, which are submitted for slaughter under the Over Thirty Months Scheme. Its farm of origin was in Pembrokeshire, where it remained until it was submitted for slaughter on 15 April 2003. Disease was officially confirmed on 05 June 2003.
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A BSE case born in July 1997
BSE has been diagnosed in a Friesian Holstein cow born on 19 July 1997, eleven months after 1 August 1996, when extra control measures on animal feed containing mammalian meat and bone meal (MMBM) were considered to have been fully implemented. The animal was taken under the current compulsory testing programme of all cattle born between 01 August 1996 and 31 July 1997 and submitted for slaughter under the Over Thirty Months Slaughter Scheme (OTMS). Its farm of origin was in Hampshire, where it remained until it was submitted for slaughter on 11 April 2003. Disease was officially confirmed on 05 June 2003.
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A BSE case born in August 1998
BSE has been diagnosed in a Friesian cow, born on 15 August 1998, twenty-four months after 1 August 1996, when extra control measures on animal feed containing mammalian meat and bone meal (MMBM) were considered to have been fully implemented. The animal was taken under passive surveillance as a clinical suspect. Its farm of origin was in Somerset where it remained until it was slaughtered as a BSE suspect on 19 March 2003. Disease was officially confirmed on 9 May 2003.
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And the list goes on.........................................and on.........