United Kingdom: 180,725 cases
Republic of Ireland: 599 "
Portugal 503 "
Switzerland 366 "
France 248 "
Germany 20 "
Belgium 19 "
Netherlands 9 "
Spain 5 "
Denmark 3 "
Italy 3 "
Liechtenstein 2 "
Luxembourg 1 "
Other 4 "
Total 182,507 "
Countries that imported British beef blood products:
Brazil
Brunei
Dubai
Egypt
India
Ireland
Morocco
Oman
Russia
Singapore
Turkey
BSE by year:
1987 - 446
1992 - 37,316
Cases in first fortnight of `01 - 19.
Humans with confirmed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease:
Britain - 94
France - 3
Ireland - 1
Countries with alerts and testing for BSE:
Australia
New Zealand
Malaysia
Taiwan
South Korea
China
Bulgaria
Morocco
Slovenia
BSE cases outside of Europe:
Canada 4
Oman 4
Falklands 4
(all were imported cattle)
Note obvious under-reporting from Asia.
Barry Kent MacKay
International Program Director
Animal Protection Institute
www.api4animals.org
"Barry K. MacKay"
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