They detect the first case of "mad cow" | Chronic

The government of Jair Bolsonaro confirmed an atypical case of mad cow in the state of Mato Grosso, although he stated that there was no risk to the population and that he had already informed the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and importing countries.

The res detected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) – the scientific name for the disease – was 17 years old and was slaughtered and cremated in the same slaughterhouse, according to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. of the Breeding of Brazil.

"Other animal by-products have been identified, located and apprehended as a precaution, so that no product has been introduced into the human or animal food chain", reported EFE, For what "there is therefore no risk for the population", badured the Brazilian authorities.

The Government stressed that "all future risk mitigation measures were concluded even before the final result was published by the reference laboratory of the World Organization for Animal Health".

The agricultural authorities of Mato Grosso, state responsible for 20% of the country's beef exports, have opened a field investigation and temporarily closed the original property where the disease was detected.

The Government recalled that for more than 20 years of surveillance of the disease, Brazil had registered only three cases of "Mad Cow Disease" BSE atypical and not clbadic, a variety that could lead to the closure of all markets.