9th cow in Japan with BSE heads for incinerator

9th cow in Japan with BSE heads for incinerator

TOKYO, Japan - Parts of a slaughtered 21-month-old bullock in Hiroshima Prefecture, which was confirmed as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) on Nov. 4, are carried away for incineration at a slaughterhouse in Fukuyama in the prefecture on Nov. 5. It was Japan's ninth case of mad cow disease.

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