Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
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Detailed tables containing information on countries in which BSE has been reported are provided by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on its website (BSE specific data – www.oie.int). Apart from the 184 169 cases in cattle that were diagnosed in the UK up to the end of 2011, 20 other European countries also recorded the disease, some such as Portugal, Switzerland and Ireland at high prevalence rates. However, only four countries outside Europe reported cases that were not imported, viz. Canada, Israel, Japan and USA. No locations in the southern hemisphere have reported indigenous cases of BSE.
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