STOCKHOLM (AP)--Sweden reported a suspected case of mad cow disease after tests showed symptoms of the illness in a domestic cow, authorities said Tuesday.
The tests from a 12-year-old cow in central Sweden had been sent to a laboratory in the U.K. for confirmation, the Vastmanland county government said in a statement.
Sweden is one of few European countries who have never had a confirmed case of mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Between 2001 and 2003, preliminary tests showed signs of the illness in 10 Swedish cows, but all the final tests were negative.
Lab results from the U.K. were expected within 14 days, the county government said.