Published in the Green Sheet, Aberdeen, SD, June 30 issue.
USDA's Enhanced BSE Surveillance Program continues to test targeted animals identified as most likely to have the disease. Since June 1, 2004, the program has tested 735,318 cattle , finding only two confirmed cases, evidence that our safeguards are working and the prevalence of BSE in the USA is extremely low. Testing 268,500 animals can detect BSE at at rate of 1 in 10,000,000 adult cattle at a 99% CONFIDENCE LEVEL.
MRJ