Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 17:49:16 -0300
From: Carlos Hermida
Dr. Maura Ricketts's cited words contains a mistake when include Argentina
as having a small number of BSE cases. Neither BSE nor scrapie was found in
Argentina. Moreover EU´s Scientific Steering Committee in its Final Opinion
(issued in Brussels July 2000) states as is "highly unlikely that cattle
are infected with BSE" within a short list of countries including Argentina.
--
Carlos Hermida DVM
Argentinean Meat Industry Advisor
<hermida@fibertel.com.ar>
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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 21:19:29 +0000
From: isr-agri <isr-agri@dircon.co.uk>
The list of countries with "small numbers of cases" is Canada, Falk Islands
(1989; not Argentina, as in your item), Italy and Oman.
--
Arnon Shimshony
<isr-agri@dircon.co.uk>
[Item [7] in our BSE update erroneously indicated that Argentina had a few
cases of BSE. Thanks very much to Carlos and Arnon for ensuring that
ProMED-mail provides accurate information. We always invite and appreciate
such corrections from ProMED-mail readers. Since people react so strongly
to information about BSE, we especially appreciate correction concerning
the possibility of countries having cases.
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