28 October 2003
Dr. Hernan Rojas Olavarría, Director, Department of Animal Protection, Department of Agriculture and Animal Production (SAG), Ministry of Agriculture, Chile, informed us that a simulation exercise on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has started on 28 October 2003 using two brain samples collected under the BSE surveillance programme from bovines slaughtered in two authorised abattoirs.
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Animal Health Information Department
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
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