Portugal sees first BSE outbreak since 2012
A report was submitted to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on 28 November, following the discovery of BSE in one cow – in Dume, Braga – which has since been destroyed. Another 31 were flagged up as being susceptible.
According to the OIE, a work male animal of a national autochthonous breed (born in 1998) was tested under the surveillance plan on the issue of emergency slaughter.
It added that epidemiological investigation is ongoing.
