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Information released on 2 February 2005

Summary of information requested
What statistics are available on cattle less than 30 months of age found to have BSE?

Information released
VLA has recorded approximately 100 cases of BSE in cattle of 30 months of age or under during the entire period of the BSE epidemic (1986 - 2005). The figure is approximate as for 51 of these the age is only estimated. This is because farmers did not have accurate documentation to confirm birth date. This was not a requirement at the time.

We can confirm that of the 100 cases, 49 were under 30 months of age, of these the youngest case was 20 months old.