10th BSE case prompts checks in Kanagawa

10th BSE case prompts checks in Kanagawa

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A Kanagawa Prefecture official checks a cow Feb. 23 at a farm in Hiratsuka, where Japan's 10th case of mad cow disease was found. The health ministry confirmed Feb. 22 that the 7-year-old Holstein had the brain-wasting disease.

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