Canada's Way of Cathcing B.S.E.
Canada, as well as many other countries, has taken precautions to prevent the introduction and spread of BSE. These measures include the following:
-The creation of a surveillance program in which the brains of cattle are tested for the disease.
-Since 1997, Canada has banned the feeding of rendered protein products from ruminant animals (cattle, sheep, goats, bison, elk or deer) to other ruminants.
-Making BSE a reportable disease, such that any suspect case of BSE must be reported to a federal veterinarian.
-The creation of a Canadian Cattle Identification Program for cattle and bison, making it possible to trace individual animal movements from the herd of origin to slaughter.