The talks came as a dairy cow from western Japan tested positive for the bovine disease in preliminary tests conducted early Saturday, an official said.
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However, in 1979 everything changed for Kerry Co-op when the county was chosen as a pilot area for a bovine disease eradication scheme.
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The brain-wasting bovine disease, or BSE, has ravaged herds in Europe and is linked to the fatal human variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
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After the bovine disease was first detected in Japan more than two years ago, this country adopted a policy of testing every cow before it is slaughtered.
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This was met with protests against their introduction by farmers and ranchers, who saw them as a threat to food resources and a vehicle for bovine disease.
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The ban was imposed after London announced a possible link between the fatal bovine disease and a fatal human form of the illness known as Creutzfeld-Jakob disease.
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More than a decade ago, when the bovine disease was first spreading in British herds, the government was criticized strongly for acting too slowly to stem the spread.
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On Monday, Loyola de Palacios announced unexpectedly that Spain no longer opposed easing the ban, saying it accepted Britain's plans to try eradicate the bovine disease.
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Suddenly it seemed possible that Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, which destroys the human brain, could be contracted from eating meat or meat products from cows with the bovine disease.
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In 1994, Montana game wardens shot about 400 of them to eliminate any chance that they could infect domestic cattle with brucellosis, a deadly bovine disease that causes spontaneous abortion.
