Canada’s 17th mad cow disease case has not put much impact on the markets, the president of Canada Beef Export Federation stated.

Ted Haney however felt that this case would delay Canada’s better status with the World Organisation for Animal Health. In 2004, the beef cow was born in Alberta, and a year later in February the fatal degenerative brain disease was confirmed.

Haney stating that the category was costly for producers, further said that Canada right now was categorized as being a controlled risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, which is a scientific name of the mad cow disease.

A country should report no case for about 11 years post birth of he youngest animal that has been diagnosed for applying for negligible risk status for BSE.

But the animal that was diagnosed with the disease was born in 2004 so Canada will have to wait more for applying for negligible risk status until 2015.