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- PARIS (AFP) - The number
of cases of
mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE),
continues
to rise in Europe, despite increased efforts by governments to
stamp it
out.
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- Following is a breakdown of the extent of BSE and the
number of
cases found.
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- BRITAIN
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- Believed to be where BSE started in 1985, remains the
country
the worst affected.
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- Total of 177,514 BSE cases detected since 1985 to
November
24, 2000, according to the ministry of agriculture.
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- Includes 1,150 cases
detected since the beginning of
2000 (compared to 2,254 for all of
1999).
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- Has
11.3 million head of cattle.
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- IRELAND
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- 581 BSE cases recorded at the
end of November 2000, since
1989.
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- Cattle population of 7.5
million.
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- PORTUGAL
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- Total of 466 BSE cases detected up to the end of September
2000.
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- Authorities forecast that 130 cases will be the total
detected
this year.
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- Has 1.2 million head of cattle.
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- SWITZERLAND (not an EU member)
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- Introduced a rapid-testing programme early 1999.
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- Total of 362 cases
detected since 1990 up to November
20, 2000.
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- Includes 20 cases detected
since the beginning of this
year.
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- FRANCE
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- Total of 201 BSE cases from
1991 up to December 3, 2000.
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- Includes 121 cases detected since the beginning of this
year.
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- Has
the largest number of cattle in Europe: 21 million
head.
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- BELGIUM
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- Total of 19 BSE cases so
far.
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- Includes nine cases detected since the beginning of the
year.
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- GERMANY
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- Total of eight BSE cases. Six of the animals were imported
--
five from Britain and one from Switzerland -- and they were discovered
to be sick between 1994 and 1997.
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- The country got a shock when
officials discovered two
cases in German-born cows in November.
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- THE NETHERLANDS
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- Total of seven BSE
cases.
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- Includes one detected this year.
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- ITALY
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- Total of two BSE cases detected
so far -- both of them
found in 1994 in two cows imported from
Britain.
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- DENMARK
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- Total of two BSE cases detected. One was in a cow imported
from
Scotland before this year, the other was in a Danish-born cow tested
in
February 2000.
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- SPAIN
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- Total of one BSE case detected, in November this year.
Another
suspected case is awaiting confirmation.
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- LUXEMBOURG
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- Total of one BSE case detected,
before this year.
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- AUSTRIA,
FINLAND,
GREECE,
SWEDEN
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- No cases
reported.
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- NORWAY (not an EU member)
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- No cases reported.
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