RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian authorities have identified a case of atypical "mad cow" disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy) in an animal more than 10 years old in Minas Gerais, said the partner-director of Scot Consultoria, Alcides Torres.
He reported that the suspicion was reported to the slaughterhouses operating in the region by the Federal Inspection Service (SIF). As usual, the Ministry of Agriculture has already collected animal samples and sent them to a laboratory of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) in Canada for more detailed analysis, according to Torres.
The disease is considered atypical when it originates . . .
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