Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: Hypothetical risk of emergence as a zoonotic foodborne epidemic

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1106-1111

  Moon, Harley W ^a,b  

^a PLUM ISLAND ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BSE; epidemic; foodborne risk; zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; FELIS CATUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0029858698     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-59.10.1106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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