A case of Mad Cow Disease has been confirmed in Canada. A dairy farm in British Columbia was found to have a 5?-year-old cow that tested positive for the disease. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency believes that the age of the cow combined with the average incubation period for the disease, indicated that the bovine was exposed to a trace amount of contaminated material, probably during its first year. The agency is now taking action by tracking other animals from the herd, as well as attempting to trace the origin of the infection. This is the second reported occurrence of Mad Cow Disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE) in B.C. April of 2006 saw another infected cow that apparently contracted the disease from tainted feed. A ban on feed possibly containing animal products will go into effect on July 12 in Canada. But in the meantime, the agency still expects to find a very small number of cases over the next decade as it works to eliminate BSE. The incident is not expected to impact beef exports from the country.
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