KALININGRAD, October 17 (RIA Novosti) - A case of mad cow disease has been registered in a village in Russia's exclave on the Baltic Sea, the Kaliningrad regional branch of the country's consumer rights watchdog said Tuesday.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative condition in cattle that can cause a brain-wasting illness in humans.
"Two people have been in contact with the cow, and are now undergoing a course of anti-rabies vaccination," a spokesman for the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare said.
He said samples from the animal have been sent to a regional veterinary laboratory for further testing.
"Measures are being implemented to eliminate the source of infection in the village," he said.
