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An atypical case of BSE – commonly known as "mad cow disease" – has been discovered in Poland, although this isolated case poses no risk to human health, the chief veterinarian of Poland announced on Monday.
"A case of atypical form of BSE in Poland has been confirmed," said Krzysztof Niemczuk, quoted by the Polish press agency PAP.
"According to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), BSE in its atypical form, as it was discovered in Poland, does not affect the status of Poland in as a country with negligible risk of BSE, "he added.
The cow found carrying BSE in the village of Mirsk in southwestern Poland, a region bordering the Czech Republic and Germany, was shot dead, Niemczuk said.
The atypical strain of the disease was discovered Jan. 24 during a routine screening, said the OIE in a separate statement.
He added that atypical BSE "occurs spontaneously in all cattle populations at a very low frequency" and, as such "does not affect the official badessment the risk of BSE in Poland ".
The discovery of BSE in British cows prompted the European Union to order a worldwide ban on British beef and its derivatives in 1996 after learning that it could be transmitted to the United Kingdom. man in the form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which can be fatal.
The embargo in Europe was lifted in 1999.
In another case, EU experts arrived in Poland on Monday to investigate a beef alert suspected of seeing a Polish slaughterhouse evading controls to slaughter lame cows and export the meat to 13 other members of the European Union.
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