| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: Press and Communication Service |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | IP/01/490 (2.4.01) |
| Publication Date | 02/04/2001 |
| Content Type | News |
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On 2.4.01, the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) advising the European Commission inter alia on BSE related issues published its opinion on the Geographical Risk of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (GBR) in Albania, Brazil, Colombia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Poland, Singapore and Slovakia. The Committee concluded that was highly unlikely that cattle infected with the BSE agent were present in domestic herds of Brazil and Singapore (GBR level I). They found that it was unlikely but not excluded in the herds of India, Pakistan, Colombia and Mauritius (GBR level II) and that it was likely that BSEwas present in the cattle herds of Albania, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic (GBR level III) although not yet confirmed. The evaluation of the geographical risk of presence of BSE focuses on the risk for animals to incubate the disease. |
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