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全球狂牛症病例逐年減少

2006年03月31日
ENS義大利,羅馬報導;游珮綺編譯;莫聞審校

根據2個專門監控動物健康的國際機構表示,世界各地的狂牛症病例正逐年減少。此種致命腦部萎縮疾病的案例正式學名為「牛海綿狀腦病」(BSE),而最近一年的發病率比過去3年減少了約50% 。

Mad Cow Disease Dying Out Worldwide
ROME, Italy, March 28, 2006 (ENS)
Cases of mad cow disease worldwide are fewer year by year, according to two international agencies that specialize in surveillance of animal health. Cases of the fatal brain-wasting disease formally known as bovine spongiform encepalopathy (BSE), have been declining at the rate of some 50 percent a year over the past three years.