This file photo shows a cow with BSE unable to stand. The (USDA) has confirmed that a case of '' (BSE) has been found in a dairy cow in central  . The disease is described as "atypical." None of the milk or beef from the cow made it to the consumption level. "As part of our targeted surveillance system, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the nation's fourth case of BSE in a dairy cow from central California," said Clifford in a statement to the press. "Samples from the animal in question were tested at USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories in ,  . 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," he added. This is the fourth cow in the  to test positive for the disease since December of 2003 when a cow from a State farm, born in  , tested positive for the disease.
This file photo shows a cow with BSE unable to stand. The (USDA) has confirmed that a case of '' (BSE) has been found in a dairy cow in central California . The disease is described as "atypical." None of the milk or beef from the cow made it to the consumption level. "As part of our targeted surveillance system, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the nation's fourth case of BSE in a dairy cow from central California," said Clifford in a statement to the press. "Samples from the animal in question were tested at USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories in , 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," he added. This is the fourth cow in the United States to test positive for the disease since December of 2003 when a cow from a State farm, born in Canada , tested positive for the disease.
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