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TheDairySite BSE News
Thursday, April 29, 2004
Print This Page Infected brains on menu for BSE tests
JAPAN - In an unappetizing experiment, health experts will feed cattle the brains of cows infected with mad cow disease to find an early detection method for the brain-wasting disease, officials said. The National Institute of Animal Health next month will start a series of tests using live cattle to combat possible outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. The forced cannibalism, which will artificially infect the healthy herbivores with BSE, is also aimed at learning how the disease develops.To continue reading this article please click here
Source: Asahi
