OTTAWA (CP) - Canada doesn't plan to broaden its limited ban on some beef imports from the United States despite preliminary confirmation that the U.S. is facing its first reported case of mad cow disease.

It came as no surprise Thursday when U.S. authorities said they had received early confirmation that a lone Holstein cow in Washington state was infected with the disease, said Dr. Brian Evans, Canada's chief veterinarian.

American authorities are now awaiting the final results of independent tests from world specialists in England, expected by the end of the week.

It's not likely even that will lead Ottawa to change its decision to restrict just a few beef products, rather than close the border entirely as some other countries have done, said Evans, chief veterinary officer with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

"It doesn't change our response to the U.S. circumstance as it currently is and. . .(the finding) is what was expected," Evans said in an interview.

Scientists at the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Waybridge, England, concurred with the reading of tests which led U.S. officials to conclude on Tuesday the cow had the brain-wasting disease.

The English lab still wants to conduct its own independent test, using another sample from the dead cow's brain.

But both Canadian and U.S. authorities say they consider the results so far to be confirmation of mad cow.



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they saying now the the infected cow may have come from canada

yeah... what's that "aboot?"

yea, and that power failure started here too , always blaming other people you americans.

well we could blame it on britain, but we like them :rofl:

Like anyone that eats beef has a brain anyway. Just joking - could not resist it. I eat beef myself.

So where did the cow come from?