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Canada finds new case of mad cow disease-source
11 Jan 2005 17:40:46 GMT
Source: Reuters
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Canadian veterinary officials will announce they have found a new case of mad cow disease in a briefing slated for 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT), an agricultural source told Reuters on Tuesday.
"The case is confirmed. They have the results of the 'gold standard' test," the source told Reuters, referring to the definitive laboratory test used to confirm mad cow disease.
The case would be Canada's third home-grown incidence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.
No other details were immediately available on the case.
It comes as the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed signs it is looking to withdraw its plan to allow imports of young live cattle from Canada.