The Swiss Federal Veterinary Office revealed earlier this week that from 1 January 2003, it would no longer automatically slaughter the descendants of cattle found to be contaminated with BSE.
Go deeper with GlobalData
Discover B2B Marketing That Performs
Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms.
The office explained that transmission of the disease from mother to calf has been shown to be extremely unlikely in recent research.
Furthermore, because the risk only exists in the two years preceding diagnosis of BSE, the office said that it will continue to slaughter calves born two years before the identification of mad cow disease.
