Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials continue to search for cattle that may have been exposed to the same feed as the bull confirmed with BSE in February.
The Alberta bull was born in 2000 and was at least 6 1/2 years old when it died. It was born and raised on the farm where it lived when it tested positive for the brain wasting disease.
“The CFIA has directed all necessary resources toward the tracing of cattle that may have been exposed to the same feed as the affected animal during the early part of their lives,” said a CFIA information update on the country’s ninth case of BSE.
The investigation will also include a thorough examination of the formulation, production, transportation and storage of a number of feed sources used on the birth farm at the time, said the release.
All of Canada’s BSE cases have been detected through its BSE surveillance program. Canadian authorities expect that BSE should be eliminated from the national herd within 10 years under the country’s tougher feed ban, which comes into effect July 12.
