[CED] FW: Arizona BSE Team: BSE in CA Dairy Cow
Ed Martin
edmartin at cals.arizona.edu
Wed Apr 25 06:57:24 MST 2012
To all CEDs.
An announcement was made yesterday concerning a
case BSE (Mad Cow Disease) in
California. Attached are some press
releases. It must be noted that ““Samples from
the animal in question were tested at USDA's
National Veterinary Services Laboratories in
Ames, Iowa. Confirmatory results using
immunohistochemistry and western blot tests
confirmed the animal was positive for atypical
BSE, a very rare form of the disease not
generally associated with an animal consuming infected feed”
As the USDA is saying, this is not the type of
BSE that is transmitted by feed contaminated with
high risk material (how the outbreak started in
the UK). The question is where did it come
from? The answer, most likely (according to Dr.
Cuneo) - the atypical BSE is a naturally
occurring disease in cattle. We are only finding
it because now we are looking for it. The animal
did not enter the human food chain and there is
no risk of amplification as what occurred in the UK.
A video can be seen
at
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_cH3kyyeAI&feature=youtu.be>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_cH3kyyeAI&feature=youtu.be
Please share as you see fit.
Regards,
Ed
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Subject: FW: Arizona BSE Team: BSE in CA Dairy Cow
From: Lauren Scheller [mailto:lscheller at arizonabeef.org]
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Subject: Arizona BSE Team: BSE in CA Dairy Cow
MEMO
To: Director Don Butler, Dr. John Hunt,
Dr. Perry Durham, Dr. John Marchello, Norman
Hinz, Ron Allen, Dr. George Seperich, Dr. Jerry
Biwer, Dr. Peder Cuneo, Linda Brake, Andy
Groseta, Tammy Baker, Julie Muphree, Suzanne
Menges, Barbara Jackson, Clay Parsons, Bas Aja, Patrick Bray
From: Lauren Scheller, Arizona Beef Council
CC: Anna Aja, Tiffany Hayes, Maria Cadena
Date: 4/24/2012
Re: BSE found in California
Arizona BSE Team:
You are invited to be part of this team because
of your expertise and/or current affiliation with the beef industry.
USDA’s APHIS has confirmed this afternoon that a
case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
was diagnosed in the Central Valley of
California. Here are the facts that we know:
· A dairy cow was tested at a rendering
facility. The age and source of the cow is not known.
· The animal was never intended to enter
the food supply and did not go into the food system.
· This cow was infected with atypical
BSE, a very rare form of the disease not
associated with an animal consuming infected
feed. What is known about atypical BSE is that it
is spontaneous, affects older animals, is isolated and is not contagious.
· The discovery of this case is testament
to the strength of our BSE surveillance program
to protect human and animal health. The
safeguards and firewalls in place include ban of
specified risk materials (SRMs) from the human
food supply, banning non-ambulatory animals from
human food supply and the ban on ruminant material in cattle feed.
· This is only the fourth case of BSE in
the US. In 2011, there were only 29 BSE cases
worldwide, a 99% decline since 37,311 cases in 1992.
Please direct all media inquiries to me. We are
setting up appropriate spokespersons to field
inquiries case by case. I will share that
information as soon as we have these spokespersons confirmed.
Below (and attached) is ABC’s press release and
here are additional releases from
<http://usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2012%2F04%2F0132.xml&navid=NEWS_RELEASE&navtype=RT&parentnav=LATEST_RELEASES&edeployment_action=retrievecontent>USDA
and <http://www.beefusa.org/newsreleases1.aspx?newsid=2458>NCBA.
A comprehensive source for information about BSE
is located on <http://www.bseinfo.org>www.bseinfo.org.
Social Media: This is already trending on social
media. If you or your organization is on Twitter,
please follow @bseinfo and hashtag your posts
with #madcow. Please share information on your
social media avenues and direct followers to
@bseinfo and <http://www.bseinfo.org>www.bseinfo.org.
At this time, we do not have a conference call
planned but might call one late this afternoon or tomorrow morning.
Please see the attached file for key messages and talking points.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate
to email,
<mailto:lscheller at arizonabeef.org>lscheller at arizonabeef.org,
or call 602-421-6014. We will pass along updated information as we receive it.
ABC Logo
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
USDA Announcement of BSE in California Dairy Cow
PHOENIX, AZ, April 24, 2012 – The
Arizona Beef Council issued the following
statement regarding the
<http://usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2012/04/0132.xml&navid=NEWS_RELEASE&navtype=RT&parentnav=LATEST_RELEASES&edeployment_action=retrievecontent>United
States Department of Agriculture's (USDA)
confirmation of an “atypical” case of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a dairy cow in central California.
“Arizona’s consumers can rest assured that the
interlocking series of safeguards to protect from
the possibility of BSE entering the food supply
are working. The new case of BSE that surfaced
in a dairy cow in California proves once again
that our vigilance has paid off.”
The animal was not bound for the nation's food
supply and posed no danger, the Agriculture
department said Tuesday. John Clifford, the
department's chief veterinary officer, said the
cow from central California did not enter the
human food chain and that U.S. meat and dairy
supplies are safe. It is the fourth such cow
discovered in the United States since the
government began inspecting for the disease to keep the food supply safe.
“The top three priorities for Arizona’s beef
producing families are: Consumers, Animal Care
and Conservation. Healthy cattle are very
important to our safe food supply. Over the past
twenty years beef producing families have
invested their treasure and resources to assure
that the safeguards and hurdles necessary for the
safest food supply in the world are the very
best.” See video about Arizona’s beef producing
families <http://youtu.be/IUc7ArZv_H0>here.
“BSE is not contagious and USDA tests
approximately 40,000 high-risk cattle per
year. BSE as a disease is fast approaching
eradication worldwide. According to USDA, there
were only 29 cases of BSE worldwide in 2011,
which is a 99 percent reduction since the peak in
1992 of more than 37,000 cases.”
“Arizona’s beef producing families raise enough
beef to feed nearly 7.5 million beef
consumers. Arizona raises nearly 1 million head
of cattle and our beef community contributes
nearly $4 billion of economic activity in our
state. We raise beef all across our state, in
all 15 counties, and every community is impacted
in some way by Arizona’s beef production.”
For more information you can visit
<http://www.bseinfo.org>www.bseinfo.org or
contact Lauren Scheller at
<mailto:lscheller at arizonabeef.org>lscheller at arizonabeef.org or 602 421-6014.
###
Lauren Scheller
Director of Consumer Marketing and Public Relations
Arizona Beef Council
1401 N. 24th Street, Suite 4
Phoenix, Arizona 85008
602-273-7163 (office)
602-421-6014 (cell)
<http://www.arizonabeef.org/>www.arizonabeef.org
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