Assessing the presence of BSE and scrapie in slaughterhouse wastewater

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1649-1657

  Maluquer De Motes, C ^a   Simon, S ^b   Grassi, J ^b   Torres, J M ^c   Pumarola, M ^d   Girones, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b SERVICE DE CHIMIE BIOORGANIQUE ET DE MARQUAGE   (France)

^c Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Prions; PrP; Risk assessment; Slaughterhouse; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TISSUE;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; DETECTION LIMITS; PRION; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER SAMPLES; WESTERN-BLOTTING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

PRION PROTEIN;

BIOASSAY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN; DETECTION METHOD; FERTILIZER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PERSISTENCE; PROTEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCRAPIE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN TISSUE; EVALUATION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; SCRAPIE; SEWAGE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY PRION;

EID: 54049103243     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03916.x     Document Type: Article

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