Canada confirms first case of "mad cow"

Canadian authorities confirmed Friday a case of "mad cow" even though they expressed confidence that the country's beef exports are not affected.

The Food Inspection Agency of Canada noted that the infected cow, located in Alberta, was not processed as food for human or animal consumption.

The mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, for its acronym in English) is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system of cattle characterized by the appearance of nervous symptoms in adult animals gradually ends with the death of the animal .

Via BBC / www.diariorepublica.com