Fw: JP - Mass testing eyed for mad cow disease

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Mass testing eyed for mad cow disease

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20010812wo31.htm

 

" The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to inspect about 10,000

domestically bred cows being processed at 198 slaughterhouses for bovine

spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, next fiscal year, ministry

sources said Saturday. "

 

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" The nation's abattoirs process about 1.3 million cows annually. The

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry has conducted pathological

tests on cattle that were observed to have muscle or nerve disorders. The

Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, on the other hand, examined cows prior

to processing if they showed symptoms of the disease. "