June 27, 2005

Canada to continue extensive testing for mad cow disease
 

The Canadian government has announced that it would continue extensive testing for mad cow disease on old and sick cattle now that this year's test target of 30,000 cattle has been surpassed.

Canada has tested 32,363 samples so far this year, up from 23,550 last year and 5,500 in 2003.

The target was designed to detect one diseased animal out of one million healthy animals, making its surveillance program equivalent to that of the US.