Reasonable Rascal
06-05-02, 23:38
Admin Note: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy is otherwise known in the media and amongst the lay public by the more familiar term of "Mad Cow" disease. The infection is believed to be a (the?) cause of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in humans.
Another similar disease as far as etiology is known as Chronic Wasting Disease in the US and affects wild animal herds such as elk and western US deer. However, to my knowledge no direct link has been established and I have run across no reports that indicate human infection from such sources.
RR
BSE - ISRAEL: OIE CONFIRMED
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Date: 4 Jun 2002
From: ProMED-mail
Source: Animal Health Information Department, Office International
des Epizooties (OIE), 4 Jun 2002
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Israel
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Emergency message: disease never reported before.
Information received on 4 June 2002 from Dr Oded Nir, Director of Veterinary and Animal Health Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit Dagan:
Report date: 4 Jun 2002.
On 28 May 2002, the preliminary rapid test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) showed a positive result for a cow. The test was repeated on 29 May 2002 and followed by the immunohistochemical
test. Both the rapid test and the immunohistochemical test showed positive results.
The sample in question was sent to the OIE Reference Laboratories for BSE in Bern (Switzerland). A positive confirmation was received on 4 Jun 2002.
Affected animal and structure of the farm of origin:
-- An Israeli Holstein born on 19 Sep 1992, which had shown clinical central nervous system signs for 2 days before, died.
-- The establishment is a Kibbutz herd that keeps 1300 dairy heifers and cows and is situated in the Golan Heights. The affected cow had been bought as a 2-year-old heifer from another farm situated in the Jordan
Valley.
Measures taken:
-- An immediate ban had been placed on both herds.
-- The affected cow had 3 living cohort mates in the herd of origin. The cow had 2 living offspring. All those 5 animals are under restriction and will be destroyed.
Further details will be published in the next issue of Weekly Disease Information, available on line as from Fri 7 June 2002 afternoon (GMT).
--
Animal Health Information Department
Office International des Epizooties (OIE)
[Israel is the second non-European country reporting BSE in endemic cattle, following Japan, which reported its first case in September 2001. The old age of the affected animal -- almost 10 years -- and the rapid clinical course, differ from data on most BSE cases in the UK and other countries, where typical cases are said to have a protracted clinical course, extending usually over a period of weeks or months, and most cases were reported in animals 4-5 years of age. - Mod.AS]
Another similar disease as far as etiology is known as Chronic Wasting Disease in the US and affects wild animal herds such as elk and western US deer. However, to my knowledge no direct link has been established and I have run across no reports that indicate human infection from such sources.
RR
BSE - ISRAEL: OIE CONFIRMED
************************
Date: 4 Jun 2002
From: ProMED-mail
Source: Animal Health Information Department, Office International
des Epizooties (OIE), 4 Jun 2002
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Israel
--------------------------------------------
Emergency message: disease never reported before.
Information received on 4 June 2002 from Dr Oded Nir, Director of Veterinary and Animal Health Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit Dagan:
Report date: 4 Jun 2002.
On 28 May 2002, the preliminary rapid test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) showed a positive result for a cow. The test was repeated on 29 May 2002 and followed by the immunohistochemical
test. Both the rapid test and the immunohistochemical test showed positive results.
The sample in question was sent to the OIE Reference Laboratories for BSE in Bern (Switzerland). A positive confirmation was received on 4 Jun 2002.
Affected animal and structure of the farm of origin:
-- An Israeli Holstein born on 19 Sep 1992, which had shown clinical central nervous system signs for 2 days before, died.
-- The establishment is a Kibbutz herd that keeps 1300 dairy heifers and cows and is situated in the Golan Heights. The affected cow had been bought as a 2-year-old heifer from another farm situated in the Jordan
Valley.
Measures taken:
-- An immediate ban had been placed on both herds.
-- The affected cow had 3 living cohort mates in the herd of origin. The cow had 2 living offspring. All those 5 animals are under restriction and will be destroyed.
Further details will be published in the next issue of Weekly Disease Information, available on line as from Fri 7 June 2002 afternoon (GMT).
--
Animal Health Information Department
Office International des Epizooties (OIE)
[Israel is the second non-European country reporting BSE in endemic cattle, following Japan, which reported its first case in September 2001. The old age of the affected animal -- almost 10 years -- and the rapid clinical course, differ from data on most BSE cases in the UK and other countries, where typical cases are said to have a protracted clinical course, extending usually over a period of weeks or months, and most cases were reported in animals 4-5 years of age. - Mod.AS]