Correspondent in Holland From our own correspondent in Holland Received 11.7.96 Steve, The first publication about BSE in the Dutch media dates back to wednesday oktober 28, 1987. It is a serious and deadly disease.
Nobody knows the origin of the disease.
The Dutch Institute of Animal Health recognises similarities with scrapie. Dutch vets do not know the disease, the veterinary department of the ministry of agriculture never heard of the disease. The Dutch embassy in London collects information. A follow up in december 1987 in the same newspaper compares the disease with AIDS, because of the epidemic character. Allthough many more cattle were killed by the disease, still nothing is known yet about the origin, the article stated.