The minister went on to say that the British authorities were expected to allow the entry of high-risk tissue from Croatia into the country during the day, so that tests for mad cow disease could be performed at the reference laboratory at Weybridge.
The sample will be taken there on Sunday and the results will be known on Tuesday or Wednesday, he added.
All data relating to the case were processed this morning and the ministry has all information on the origin of animals at the farm where a cow suspected of mad cow disease infection was found, Cobankovic said.
"We have established that the contingent in question was imported in 1997 and that it consisted of 1,100 head and that 99 percent of them is no longer alive," the minister said.
The president of the national federation of farming associations, Antun Laslo, told reporters today that consumers can buy beef and baby beef without any fear of mad cow disease because the meat underwent strict veterinary tests.
Neither producers nor consumers should panic because the system of control is functioning, Laslo said.
He said he also expected the agriculture ministry to name the farm where the diseased animal was discovered.