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  Homepage | CDC BSE
BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) is a progressive neurological disorder of cattle that results from infection by an unusual transmissible agent called a prion.
On March 13, 2006, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the confirmation of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a cow in Alabama.
Both of the U.S.-born BSE cases and two of the twelve Canadian-born BSE cases were 10 years of age or older and all three of these older North American cases for whom the BSE strain is presently known were linked to an atypical BSE strain known as the H-strain.
www.cdc.gov /ncidod/dvrd/bse   (1763 words)

  
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BSE is an afebrile neurological disease that primarily affects mature cattle.
BSE is considered a "common source" epidemic, meaning that animals contract the disease from a common element in their environment.
058 "Post-mortem immunodiagnosis of scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy." C.F. Farquhar, R.A. Somerville and L.A. Ritchie.
netvet.wustl.edu /species/cows/srb91-05.txt   (3645 words)

  
 BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy belongs to the family of diseases known as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE's).
This BSE strain is different from historical or contemporary isolates from sheep or goats with natural scrapie, as determined by study of incubation periods and brain "lesion profiles" in mice.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy from foreign sources may be prevented by the implementation of import regulations prohibiting live ruminants and ruminant products (especially meat, bone meal, and offal) from countries where BSE may exist.
www.vet.uga.edu /vpp/gray_book/FAD/BSE.htm   (4454 words)

  
 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) commonly known as mad cow disease, is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which infects by a mechanism that surprised biologists on its discovery in the late 20th century.
The British BSE epizootic in cattle was recognized in 1986.
Prior to the BSE epizootic, cattle were fed with meat and bone meal, a high-protein substance obtained from the remnants of butchered animals, including cows and sheep.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy   (2313 words)

  
 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), widely known as "mad cow disease," is a chronic, degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of cattle.
BSE belongs to the family of diseases known as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE's).
The BSE agent (1) is smaller than most viral particles and is highly resistant to heat, ultraviolet light, ionizing radiation, and common disinfectants that normally inactivate viruses or bacteria; (2) causes no detectable immune or inflammatory response in the host; and (3) has not been observed microscopically.
livestock-marketing.tamu.edu /publications/BSE.html   (3499 words)

  
 Nebraska HHS System:  BSE/CJD Epidemiology Report   (Site not responding. Last check: )
BSE is a progressive neurological disorder of cattle which results from infection by an unconventional transmissible agent.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a chronic degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of cattle.
BSE is so named because of the spongy appearance of the brain tissue of infected cattle when sections are examined under a microscope.
www.hhs.state.ne.us /epi/bse_cjd.htm   (2357 words)

  
 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (B SE) is associated with a transmissible agent (the prion), the nature of which is not yet fully understood.
In 10 years of monitoring for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, the USDA has never identified a single case in the United States except the one the was assumed from a cow that was fed to a farm full of mink and seemed to cause an outbreak of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (the Stetsonville outbreak).
As BSE is not known to exist in the United States, the measures taken have been in surveillance, prevention and education.
leda.law.harvard.edu /leda/data/193/bschlott.html   (10236 words)

  
 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Information on Healthline
BSE appeared as a completely novel disease of cattle in the United Kingdom (UK), the first known case being diagnosed retrospectively in 1985.
By 1986, BSE was recognized as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of cattle and considered to be analogous to scrapie, a disease of sheep that is not known to cause human disease.
removal of animals known to have BSE from the human food chain and the removal during slaughter of known high-risk tissues from animal carcasses regardless of their BSE status (certain tissues of sheep and goats are also removed because of fears raised that sheep and goats may be harboring BSE without developing disease).
www.healthline.com /galecontent/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy   (1076 words)

  
 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
A landmark study shows the risk of BSE occurring in the U.S. to be extremely low.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a chronic, degenerative disorder affecting the central nervous system of cattle.
FDA Joins Investigation of Latest BSE Case (March 13, 2006)
www.fda.gov /oc/opacom/hottopics/bse.html   (88 words)

  
 AGA SUBJECTS - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a progressive and fatal disease of adult cattle characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system (CNS).
BSE was first diagnosed in cattle in the United Kingdom (UK) in 1986.
The transmission of the epidemic of BSE is thought to be the oral ingestion of animal feed containing BSE-infected meat and bone meal (MBM) by cattle.
www.fao.org /ag/againfo/subjects/en/health/bse/default.html   (216 words)

  
 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE; Mad Cow Disease)
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a disease condition in cattle which is thought to have originated in Great Britain.
BSE is often referred to as "mad cow" disease, because animals infected with the disease are often irritable and can react in a somewhat violent or threatening fashion when approached by humans.
BSE is similar to other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) present in man and animals.
www.ag.ndsu.edu /pubs/ansci/beef/as1206w.htm   (1410 words)

  
 BSE Information at UIUC   (Site not responding. Last check: )
BSE is a fatal disease that affects the brain of cattle
BSE was first observed in Great Britain in April, 1984, and was specifically diagnosed in 1986.
Since 1986, nearly 200,000 cases of BSE in cattle have been identified in the United Kingdom.
w3.aces.uiuc.edu /AnSci/BSE   (436 words)

  
 B115 - Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
BSE is a fatal disease and euthanasia on welfare grounds is necessary.
BSE occurs as a result of dietary exposure to feedstuffs containing infected meat and bone meal (MBM).
BSE is not contagious, therefore laboratory handling aims primarily to avoid accidental iatrogenic, ocular or oronasal exposures.
www.oie.int /eng/maladies/fiches/a_B115.htm   (792 words)

  
 USACHPPM - Main   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) was first diagnosed in Great Britain in 1986.
The BSE agent is not highly infectious and requires consumption of the material by the cow.
Although it affects cattle, it is not related to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).
chppm-www.apgea.army.mil /madcowdisease   (517 words)

  
 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
TSE's include scrapie (which affects sheep and goats), transmissible mink encephalopathy, feline spongiform encephalopathy, chronic wasting disease of deer and elk, and in humans, kuru, CJD, Gerstmann- Straussler syndrome, fatal familial insomnia, and nvCJD.
The one case of BSE in a single cow in Canada imported from Great Britain has been dealt with by destroying the affected cow and all its herdmates, as well as other cattle determined to be a risk by animal health officials in Canada.
These results show that there is approximately a 9-percent increase in the occurrence of BSE in offspring of BSE-affected dams as compared to calves born to dams where BSE was not detected.
permanent.access.gpo.gov /lps3025/index-25.htm   (3262 words)

  
 BSEInfo.org The Source For Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Information   (Site not responding. Last check: )
BSE agent is not found in beef, firewalls protect the food supply
Current science indicates that BSE is not found in the meat we commonly eat, such as steaks, roasts and ground beef.
The most recent firewall established by USDA and FDA ensures that all material that could potentially carry the BSE agent (such as brain and spinal cord) does not enter the food supply.
www.bseinfo.org   (271 words)

  
 WHO | Encephalopathy, Bovine spongiform
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MeSH scope note: A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cattle associated with abnormal prion proteins in the brain.
Affected animals develop excitability and salivation followed by ATAXIA.
www.who.int /topics/encephalopathy_bovine_spongiform/en   (131 words)

  
 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), also known as "Mad Cow disease," has emerged as one of the most serious health concerns of the 21st century.
However, a majority of scientists suspect the culprit may be an aberrant protein known as a prion found in the brains and spinal tissue of infected animals.
Alan Ebringer, an expert in auto-immune diseases at King’s College, London, challenges the current scientific orthodoxy that BSE and CJD are caused by rogue prion proteins.
www.aces.edu /dept/extcomm/newspaper/BSE.html   (1104 words)

  
 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Johanns applauded ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to lift the preliminary injunction blocking implementation of the BSE minimal risk regions rule.
Science-based framework of risk management measures for BSE was developed to help normalize trade in ruminants and ruminant products within North America and to promote an international BSE strategy consistent with World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) guidelines.
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation of Commodities— FINAL RULE— 9 CFR Parts 93, 94, 95, and 96 [Docket No. 03-080-3]
www.fas.usda.gov /bse04.htm   (2148 words)

  
 Preparedness Center Training Site: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This presentation by Cindi Snider, MPH, gives you an overview of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), explains how BSE emerged, and what human illness is associated with BSE.
Discuss how bovine spongiform encephalopathy affects the food supply and describe current measures to protect the food supply
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in a dairy cow--Washington state, 2003.
www.sph.unc.edu /nccphp/training/bovine_se/certificate.htm   (732 words)

  
 APHIS | Hot Issues
Implementation: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation of Commodities from Canada PDF
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation of Commodities; Partial Delay of Applicability [Docket No. 03-080-6] — Final rule; partial delay of applicability — 9 CFR Parts 94 and 95
BSE Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation of Live Animals and Commodities From Canada Delay of Effective Date (Memo)
www.aphis.usda.gov /lpa/issues/bse/bse.html   (868 words)

  
 BSE Page   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Availability of an Estimate of Prevalence in the United States
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation of Commodities; Technical Amendments
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal Risk Regions and Importation of Commodities
www.fas.usda.gov /dlp/BSE/bse.html   (1168 words)

  
 MedlinePlus: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease) and New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (nvCJD): Health Information for International Travel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or Mad Cow Disease) (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/creutzfeldtjakobdisease.html   (358 words)

  
 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: An Overview - USDA, APHIS overview of BSE (Mad Cow Disease).
BSE Information Links and Resources from John Gay, DVM PhD DACVPM, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Field Disease Investigation Unit, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University.
Information Concerning BSE for the Scientific World - Extensive information provided by Steve Dealler, Burnley General Hospital, Pathology Laboratory, Burnley, UK.
www.nal.usda.gov /awic/news/bse/bse.htm   (319 words)

  
 Food Safety Research Information Office: Pathogens and Contaminants   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Provides information about Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and prion disease research.
Describes Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and provides resources organized into subcategories such as feed controls, specified risk materials, prion research, risk assessment, and Variant Crutzfedlt-Jakob Disease (vCJD).
A fact sheet identifying human and animal health issues related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
www.nal.usda.gov /fsrio/topics/tpbse.htm   (195 words)

  
 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Iowa State University Meat Science Extension, the Iowa Meat Processors Association, and the Meat and Poulty Inspection Bureau of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship are cosponsoring four meetings for Iowa meat processors to discuss new regtulations that USDA/FSIS has published to further enhance safeguards against BSE.
See schedule and locations of the meetings to be held Feb. 10, 11, 12, and 21 in four Iowa cities.
U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, includes background on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease with current updates
www.extension.iastate.edu /emms/bse/homepage.html   (300 words)

  
 Defra, UK - Animal health and welfare - BSE - Glossary
Defra, UK - Animal health and welfare - BSE - Glossary
Homepage > Animal health and welfare > BSE > Glossary
RDSE - Research and Development on Spongiform Encephalopathy
www.defra.gov.uk /animalh/bse/glossary.html   (138 words)

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