Mad Cow disease confirmed on Scottish farm
A case of BSE, also known as Mad Cow disease, has been confirmed on a farm in Aberdeenshire, the Scottish government says. AAP
Scotland's government says a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, had been discovered on a farm in Aberdeenshire, in Scotland.
The disease was discovered after the animal died.
Four others in the herd were destroyed as a precaution.
The government said other precautionary movement restrictions have been put in place at the farm, while further investigations are carried out to identify the origin of the disease.
"I have activated the Scottish government's response plan to protect our valuable farming industry, including establishing a precautionary movement ban being placed on the farm," Fergus Ewing, Scotland's farming minister, said in a statement.
It's the first case of the disease in Scotland in 10 years, the BBC reports.
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