A model to assess the risk of the introduction into Japan of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent through imported animals, meat and meat-and-bone meal

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 777-794

  Sugiura, K ^a   Ito, K ^a   Yokoyama, R ^a   Kumagai, S ^b   Onodera, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Japan; Mathematical model; Monte Carlo simulation; Release risk; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 1442291239     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.22.3.1434     Document Type: Article

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