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Article: New case of mad cow disease found in Portugal's Azores
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- February 4, 2004
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New case of mad cow disease found in Portugal's Azores
LISBON, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The president of the Azores
Agricultural Federation (FAA) Jorge Rita admitted on Tuesday that a
new case of mad cow disease had been found in Punta Delgada, the
capital of Portugal's mid-Atlantic Azores islands.
The first report of a locally-born animal infected with the mad
cow disease this year was issued on Jan. 21 and the regional
government's confirmation was released on Monday.
Rita said that since it is a 13-year-old Holstein-Frisian born
from a cow imported from Germany, it might have inherited the disease
from the mother.
He also indicated that the possibility the disease spread by food ...