Russia: Rosselkhoznadzor temporarily bans cattle products from Romania due to ‘mad cow disease’ outbreak
A bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) outbreak was registered in the territory of Cluj county of Romania, as the OIE reported. In this connection the Rosselkhoznadzor decided to impose temporary restrictions More...
Suspect case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease investigated in Brazil
The death of a 70-year-old man from Belo Horizonte, Brazil is being investigated by health authorities as possibly being caused by the prion disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), according to a Wall Street More...