PRO/AH> BSE, bovine – Germany: (BB) new case, atypical L-type

BSE — Worldwide/Unknown
An asymptomatic cow in Germany was, upon slaughter, found to have a very rare form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), says a notice today [17 Jan 2014] from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The 10 year old animal was from Oder-Spree district, Brandenburg county [state], in north eastern Germany. As part of the German targeted BSE (“mad cow” disease) surveillance system, Western blot testing was done at the Friedrich-Loeffler Institute on samples from the cow and found