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LONDON, Oct 18 (KUNA) -- A case of BSE - so-called mad cow disease - has been confirmed at a farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the BBC reported on Thursday.
BBC Scotland understands the "isolated" case involves a beef herd in the Huntly area.
Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing said a movement ban was now in place on the unnamed farm.
Investigations are under way to identify the origin of the disease - the first in Scotland in 10 years - which was found after an animal died.
The case involving a five-year-old animal was identified before entering the human food chain.
Four others from the herd were being destroyed as a precaution.
There are understood to have been 16 cases in the UK since 2011, with the last in 2015 when farming officials confirmed a case of BSE in Carmarthenshire, Wales. (end)
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