Sandhusker
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Service (APHIS) has undertaken an intensive animal health surveillance program for BSE. The program is designed as a one-time effort that will provide a snapshot of the domestic cattle population to help define whether BSE is present in the United States, and if so, help calculate at what level.
Experience in the Europe since the first BSE diagnosis has shown that testing high-risk cattle is the method most likely to identify BSE if it is present. APHIS’ increased surveillance of the U.S. cattle population is designed to test as many cattle from the high-risk population as possible in a 12- to 18-month period. The program is tailored to collect the majority of samples from the following categories:
• Nonambulatory cattle;
• Cattle exhibiting signs of a central nervous system disorder, such as staggering, excess nervousness, or apprehension;
• Cattle exhibiting other signs that may be associated with BSE, such as emaciation or injury; or,
• Dead cattle.
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The level and design of BSE testing in Canada is in full accordance with the guidelines recommended by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The samples collected target the highest risk cattle within the national herd. This includes all animals over 30 months of age that are dead, down, dying or diseased, and clinical suspects of any age.
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Now where are the huge discrepancies in the testing samples?
USDA Canada
Nonambulatory Down
Nervous Disorder Diseased
Signs of BSE Diseased
Dead Dead, Dying
Experience in the Europe since the first BSE diagnosis has shown that testing high-risk cattle is the method most likely to identify BSE if it is present. APHIS’ increased surveillance of the U.S. cattle population is designed to test as many cattle from the high-risk population as possible in a 12- to 18-month period. The program is tailored to collect the majority of samples from the following categories:
• Nonambulatory cattle;
• Cattle exhibiting signs of a central nervous system disorder, such as staggering, excess nervousness, or apprehension;
• Cattle exhibiting other signs that may be associated with BSE, such as emaciation or injury; or,
• Dead cattle.
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The level and design of BSE testing in Canada is in full accordance with the guidelines recommended by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The samples collected target the highest risk cattle within the national herd. This includes all animals over 30 months of age that are dead, down, dying or diseased, and clinical suspects of any age.
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Now where are the huge discrepancies in the testing samples?
USDA Canada
Nonambulatory Down
Nervous Disorder Diseased
Signs of BSE Diseased
Dead Dead, Dying