Exposure assessment of TSEs from the landspreading of meat and bone meal

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1179-1202

  Cummins, Enda ^a   Adkin, Amie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BSE; Landspreading; MBM; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MEATS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABATTOIR WASTE; MEAT AND BONE MEAL (MBM);

RISK ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIVITY; LEGISLATION; MAMMAL; MEAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCRAPIE;

ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; FOOD PROCESSING; LAND SPREADING; MEAL; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRELAND; MEAT; MINERALS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SOIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 36849041646     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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