Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: The causal role of ruminant-derived protein in cattle diets

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 187-198

  Taylor, D M ^a   Woodgate, S L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Beacon Research Ltd Greenleigh   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood meal; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Cattle; European Union; Meat and bone meal; Ruminants; Scrapie; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; SCRAPIE PRION;

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; BONE; BOVIDS; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; SCRAPIE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CATTLE; DIETARY PROTEINS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FOOD HANDLING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEAT; PRPSC PROTEINS; RUMINANTS; SCRAPIE;

EID: 0031107730     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.16.1.1006     Document Type: Article

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