UK: BSE cases in UK declining steeply, says Defra
By: just-food.com | 25 October 2005
The UK's Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said the Progress Report on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (published this week) for 2004 shows that the number of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) cases in domestic cattle continues to fall steeply, at a rate of about 40% per year.
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The UK's Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said the Progress Report on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (published this week) for 2004 shows that the number of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) cases in domestic cattle continues to fall steeply, at a rate of about 40% per year.
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