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BSE confirmed in Canadian cow

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed a case of BSE in a beef cow from the province of Alberta.

Officials says no part of the animal’s carcass entered the human food or animal feed systems.

BSE is a progressive, fatal neurological disease in cattle. Canada’s last confirmed BSE case was reported in 2011.

A spokesman for the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association says an isolated case of BSE should have little impact on the export of Alberta beef.