October 18, 2006

Mad cow case reported in Russia's Baltic exclave

Russia has found a case of mad cow disease in a village near the Baltic sea, the Kaliningrad regional branch of the country's consumer rights watchdog said Tuesday (Oct 17).

Two people are now undergoing anti-rabies vaccination as they have been working near the cow, a spokesman for the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare said.

Samples from the animal have been sent to a regional veterinary laboratory for further testing and disinfection measures have been carried out at the village and an investigation is being conducted, he said.