A quantitative assessment of the amount of prion diverted to category 1 materials and wastewater during processing

Risk Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1197-1211

  Adkin, Amie ^a   Donaldson, Neil ^a   Kelly, Louise ^a,b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; QRA; Scrapie; TSE

Indexed keywords

ABATTOIR; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; QRA; SCRAPIE; TSE;

FLOORS; INCINERATION; MAMMALS;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; INCINERATION; INFECTIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCRAPIE; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PRION; QRA; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TSE; WASTE WATER;

ABATTOIR; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; QRA; SCRAPIE; TSE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; PRIONS; SHEEP; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84880134719     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01922.x     Document Type: Article

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