Press Release: Commission requests further investigations on three unusual cases of TSE in sheep

An expert panel from the Community Reference Laboratory in Weybridge on 9 March 2006 informed the European Commission that test results from the brains of two sheep from France and one from Cyprus showed an unusual molecular profile that warranted further investigation. While some data suggested that the samples may not be BSE in sheep, there was 'insufficient evidence to definitively rule out BSE'. In line with EU legislation, the European Commission requested that further investigations be carried out.

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European Commission: Memo: MEMO/06/114, Questions and Answers on TSEs in Sheep, 9.3.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/114&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/06/113, The TSE community reference laboratory strain typing expert group (STEG), 9.3.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/113&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr

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