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BSE Update

APHIS To Sample Apparently Healthy Cattle As Part Of BSE Surveillance System

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) personnel will collect 20,000 brain samples from “apparently healthy adult cattle” at slaughter as part of its enhanced surveillance program for BSE, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced in Notice 63-05.

Samples will be collected at participating slaughter establishments that APHIS has selected for sampling. “Apparently healthy adult cattle” are defined as 30 months of age or older that have passed FSIS antemortem inspection.

FSIS personnel will continue to collect brain samples from all antemortem condemned cattle including non-ambulatory disabled animals showing signs of central nervous system disease for as part of the BSE surveillance system.

BSE Update

APHIS To Sample Apparently Healthy Cattle As Part Of BSE Surveillance System

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) personnel will collect 20,000 brain samples from “apparently healthy adult cattle” at slaughter as part of its enhanced surveillance program for BSE, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced in Notice 63-05.

Samples will be collected at participating slaughter establishments that APHIS has selected for sampling. “Apparently healthy adult cattle” are defined as 30 months of age or older that have passed FSIS antemortem inspection.

FSIS personnel will continue to collect brain samples from all antemortem condemned cattle including non-ambulatory disabled animals showing signs of central nervous system disease for as part of the BSE surveillance system.