REPUBLICA DA IRLANDA E A VACA LOUCA

A doença da vaca louca continua sendo um problema para a Irlanda. Depois dos milhares de animais infectados no passado, o país continua apresentando casos. Desde 2003 até agora foram diagnosticados 476 casos de animais doentes,no abate de animais com idade maior que 30 meses. O ultimo diagnóstico foi em 12 de fevereiro deste ano.

O inusitado neste episodio é que lideranças dos criadores irlandeses querem transformar a ocorrência de poucos casos de excessos de resíduos de produtos veterinários em carnes oriundas do Brasil em um problema de dimensão gigantesca.

Este problema de resíduo, depois de esclarecida a harmonização dos técnicas analíticas pode ser facilmente corrigido com comunicação e extensão rural aos criadores.

Por outro lado, a ocorrência recente na Irlanda de dioxinas e a persistência da vaca louca que causa a mortal doença de Creutzfeldt - Jakobi para os humanos são problemas de enorme gravidade para aquele país e seus clientes no exterior.


Eis a reprodução do texto oficial irlandês sobre a vaca louca.


BSE Cases for the Week-Ending 12 Feburary 2010


There was one case of BSE disclosed in the week-ending Friday, 12th February 2010, the first case of 2010.

The total number of confirmed cases in 2009 was 9. This compares with 23 cases for the year 2008, with 25 cases for the year 2007, with 41 cases in 2006, with 69 cases in 2005, with 126 cases in 2004 and with 182 cases in 2003.

Cases are identified using traditional passive surveillance and as in this week's case, under the active surveillance programme. Under the active surveillance programme, testing of a proportion of fallen stock and cattle destined for human consumption was initiated in July 2000. This was extended in January 2001 to test all cattle over 30 months destined for human consumption and all casualty animals. Since 1st January 2009, BSE testing of both animals slaughtered for human consumption as well as emergency slaughtered and fallen animals was increased to 48 months.

Under this surveillance programme in excess of 700,000 animals per annum were tested up to 2008. Due to the increase in the age limit the figure continued to fall substantially with a total of 385,494 animals tested up to the end of December 2009

The underlying trend remains positive and the increasing age profile of animals confirmed with the disease indicates that the enhanced controls introduced in 1996 and early 1997 are proving effective.

Ireland has also on the 30th May 2008 been declared by the OIE as having a "controlled risk for BSE" in accordance with their rules, which is a significant landmark.

The range of controls in place to protect consumers and to eradicate the disease continues to be rigorously enforced. In particular it should be noted that specified risk material is removed from all cattle slaughtered.

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Source:
http://www.agriculture.gov.ie

 

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