Mad Cow Found in Netherlands

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY - NETHERLANDS: (FRIESLAND), OIE
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Date: 22 Jan 2011
Source: OIE WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database) Disease
Information 2011; 24(4) [edited]
http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=10152


Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Netherlands
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Information received on 21 Jan 2011 from Dr Christianne Bruschke,
Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food
Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, The Hague,
Netherlands

Summary
Report type: Immediate notification (Final report)
Start date 04 Jan 2011
Date of 1st confirmation of the event 11 Jan 2011
Report date 21 Jan 2011
Date submitted to OIE 21 Jan 2011
Date event resolved 11 Jan 2011
Reason for notification: Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence 15 Oct 2010
Manifestation of disease: Clinical disease
Causal agent: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent
Nature of diagnosis: Laboratory (basic)
This event pertains to the whole country

New outbreaks
Outbreak 1 Lippenhuizen, Friesland
Date of start of the outbreak 04 Jan 2011
Outbreak status: Resolved (11 Jan 2011)
Epidemiological unit: Farm
Species Cattle
Susceptible 119
Cases 1
Deaths 0
Destroyed 1
Slaughtered 0

Epidemiology - Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection -
Unknown or inconclusive

Epidemiological comments - Result of a monitoring sample taken at a
rendering plant. The animal was euthanized by a veterinary
practitioner. There are no animals alive belonging to the birth
cohort and the feed cohort and there are no animals alive belonging
to the off-spring younger than 2 years. This is a case of atypical
BSE (L-type).

Control measures - Measures applied: Modified stamping out; No
vaccination; No treatment of affected animals

Measures to be applied - No other measures

Laboratory name and type: Central Veterinary Institute (CVI)
(Regional Reference Laboratory)
Species Cattle
Test immunohistochemical test
Test date 11 Jan 2011
Result Positive

Species Cattle
Test western blotting
Test date 11 Jan 2011
Result Positive

Future reporting
The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.

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[The L type atypical BSE is one the 3 newer forms that have been
identified by active screening programs for BSE; H type atypical BSE
and atypical Scrapie are also included. The only BSE form proven to
cause disease in humans is the classical BSE which can lead to nVCJD
in humans. None of the other forms have yet been regard as causing
disease in humans, although there might be some zoonotic potential
for the atypical types of BSE, L and H. For more details, please see
the European Food Safety Agency Report: Joint Scientific Opinion on
any possible epidemiological or molecular association between TSEs in
animals and humans at
.

The Netherlands had a case last fall, and a single case in 2008, 2006
and 2005. It is not surprising and in fact, reassuring to see an
occasional case of BSE being picked up by the TSE surveillance
programs in place. We should expect to see several more cases in
different countries over the next years. - Mod.PC]

[see also:
2010
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BSE - Netherlands (02): (NB), OIE 20101023.3843
BSE - Netherlands: new case 20100904.3176
Prion disease update 2010 (07) 20100809.2720
Prion disease update 2010 (06) 20100706.2248
Prion disease update 2010 (05) 20100507.1488
2003
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BSE - Netherlands: source 20030203.0294
1999
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BSE - Netherlands: fifth case 19990112.0038
1998
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Netherlands: fourth case 19981023.2081
Netherlands: third case 19980827.1704
1997
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BSE - Netherlands: possible source (06) 19970612.1237
BSE - Netherlands: second case (03) 19970407.0736
BSE - Netherlands (03) 19970406.0720
BSE - Netherlands (2) 19970324.0620
BSE - Netherlands 19970323.0612]
...................pc/ejp/dk

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