A case of mad cow disease discovered on a farm in the Netherlands is the old age variant that is not dangerous to public health, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday.
"Atypical cases of occur sporadically in older cows," the ministry said in a statement, adding that the last found case in the Netherlands dated back to 2011.The other variant of mad cow disease, the classic type of infection, is usually caused by contaminated animal feed.
Widespread cases of mad cow disease hit cattle herds in Britain and other European countries in the 1990s. Atypical cases have occasionally been detected and can lead to temporary trade restrictions. Reporting by Bart Meijer, Charlotte Van Campenhout; editing by Jason Neely, Louise Heavens and Barbara Lewis
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