That’s radically different from when the first case was
detected in Alberta in May, 2003, and led to an export ban and a financial
catastrophe for Canadian farmers and beef packers.
“Canada continues to be designated a ‘controlled
BSE risk’ country and the case should not affect beef exports,” Canadian Press
reports from its contacts with the CFIA.
The CFIA is trying to track down how
this cow got BSE, also called mad cow’s disease”.
The disease was detected in routine
surveillance.
