Today's Trucking Staff

First Manitoba mad cow discovered

WINNIPEG -- Federal food and agriculture officials confirmed Canada's sixth case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy since a single cow was first discovered in Alberta three years ago. Tests conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed that a cow near Gimli, Man. was infected with BSE, also referred to as "mad cow" disease. It is the first such case in Manitoba. The first four Canadian cases were traced back to Alberta farms, while the fifth cow was discovered in April on a cattle ranch in B.C.'s Fraser Valley.