Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) - Infectious, contagious, zoonotic or production disease?

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 98, 2003, Pages 33-42

  Doherr, Marcus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cattle; Epidemiology; Production disease; Spongiform encephalopathy; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

BOVIDS; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CAT; CATTLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFECTION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRION DISEASE; SCREENING; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MANDATORY REPORTING; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

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

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 3042520937     PISSN: 00651699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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