Estimating the impact on the food chain of changing bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) control measures: The BSE Control Model

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 170-182

  Adkin, A ^a   Webster, V ^a   Arnold, M E ^a   Wells, G A H ^a   Matthews, D ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BSE; Control measures; Risk assessment; Specified Risk Materials

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 73449135443     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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