The nation's fourth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, sometimes referred to as "mad cow disease," was found in a dairy cow in California, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.
The animal has been euthanized and the carcass is being being held under state authority at a rendering facility in California and will be destroyed, officials said.
The carcass is at a Baker Commodities facility in Hanford, California, according to Dennis Lucky of the company.
See a video statement from USDA Chief Veterinary Officer Dr. John Clifford
Though eating contaminated meat or some other animal products from cattle with BSE is thought to be the cause of a fatal brain disease (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakobdisease) in humans, the cow was never presented for slaughter. Milk does not transmit BSE... Continue to read.
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