See also Cows in Spain + Autochthonous breeds of cows in Spain
June 2005 latest news: 42 cases of mad cows in Spain this year so far (agroinformacion)
On 22nd November 2000, the then-PP government announced the first two cases of BSE in Spain: a cow named Parrula from a farm in Lugo, and another named Elvira in La Coruña. A month earlier, the government had proclaimed Spain safe from the disease. The result was nationwide hysteria whipped up by the mass media and a huge drop in beef sales. Over the next three years the numbers of cases rose, reaching a peak of 173 in 2003, and falling this year to 80 so far. Meanwhile, within a year the panic had died down, and beef sales quietly increased, despite the rise in cases.
Cows affected by BSE in Spain 2000-2004 (until 23 Nov 2004): Total: 492
Province |
Number of cases |
Lugo |
71 |
A Coruña |
48 |
Asturias |
43 |
Pontevedra |
43 |
Zamora |
31 |
León |
29 |
Girona |
26 |
Baleares |
20 |
Salamanca |
20 |
Cantabria |
18 |
Ávila |
16 |
Navarra |
16 |
Palencia |
12 |
Barcelona |
12 |
Cáceres |
12 |
Ourense |
12 |
Lleida |
7 |
Huesca |
6 |
Toledo |
6 |
Burgos |
5 |
Valladolid |
5 |
Segovia |
5 |
Madrid |
5 |
Córdoba |
4 |
Teruel |
3 |
Badajoz |
3 |
Las Palmas |
2 |
Soria |
2 |
Guipuzcoa |
2 |
Huelva |
1 |
Sevilla |
1 |
Albacete |
1 |
Valencia |
1 |
La Rioja |
1 |
Murcia |
1 |
BSE cases in the EU (until July 2004)
|
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
Total |
Belgium |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
46 |
38 |
15 |
8 |
126 |
Germany |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
125 |
106 |
56 |
39 |
335 |
Spain |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
82 |
127 |
173 |
80 |
464 |
France |
3 |
12 |
6 |
18 |
31 |
162 |
277 |
239 |
138 |
35 |
921 |
Ireland |
16 |
74 |
80 |
83 |
95 |
149 |
242 |
329 |
185 |
71 |
1324 |
Italy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
25 |
31 |
6 |
112 |
Holland |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
20 |
24 |
19 |
4 |
75 |
Portugal |
0 |
31 |
30 |
127 |
159 |
150 |
113 |
86 |
133 |
52 |
896 |
United Kingdom |
14562 |
8149 |
4393 |
3235 |
2301 |
1441 |
1196 |
912 |
607 |
211 |
37007 |
Source: DG SANCO. European Commission + El País newspaper
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