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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| This Word document provides an overview of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy including information about the history of the disease and the disease's relationship to variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD) which occurs in humans. |
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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
| The rules and regulations from the FDA's Compliance Office are presented on this page along with an overview of BSE and related encephalopathies. |
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| An overview of the disease, including information about other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, from the World Health Organization. Information about WHO research on the disease is also provided. |
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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) |
| Created by staff at the U.S. FDA, this site gathers together general background information regarding BSE (or Mad Cow Disease), information for the industry, and information for consumers. The page has an archive link to information that is out-of-date or inaccurate. |
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BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY (BSE) |
| This page, from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service. provides links to sources of information on the effects of BSE on trade. Provided are links to related documents such as regulations, reports, and press briefings, as well as main BSE pages for various government and organization sites. As new information becomes available, the page is updated. Updated information is identified as is information new to the site. |
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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) |
| This downloadable publication describes the clinical signs and prevention of BSE, a slowly progressing fatal disease affecting the central nervous system of cattle. |
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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: An Overview |
| This publication presents a brief history of the disease and covers what the disease does, how it is transmitted and describes the efforts of the USDA APHIS to monitor and prevent the spread of the disease in the U.S. cattle herd. |
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BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or Mad Cow Disease) |
| This site, from the US's CDC, has a features section with current information/news on BSE. The site also provides a brief background on BSE, what it is, what it does, control measures, and links to other sources of information. There is also information on related topics.
The site features a graph of the incidence of BSE in North America by year and country of death from 1993-2007. |
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BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or Mad Cow Disease) |
| This page, created by the National Center for Infectious Diseases, compiles links to the latest news releases on BSE, provides links to related topics, has a short description of the disease and information on the incidence of BSE in the US and Canada. There is an overview of the plans Canada has implemented in an effort to remove the disease from the Canadian cattle herd. There are also links to other resources with information on this topic. |
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BSEInfo.org |
| An information resource on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE, commonly known as "mad cow disease"}. This site includes up-to-date information about the USDA expanded BSE surveillance program as well as background information about the U.S. beef industry and about BSE. The goal of this Web site is to share scientific information about BSE and the systems in place to ensure U.S. beef remains the safest in the world. |
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Feedyard Microbiology 101 |
| This video, in English and Spanish, details disease causing organisms such as prions, viruses, bacteria, and fungi that can be found in cattle and how to control them. |
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Market Context for BSE |
| An overview, from the USDA's Economic Research Service, of the market impacts of BSE on the US beef industry. Updates on related developments, including enhanced testing, measures taken by the government to prevent the spread of BSE, and information on technical aspects are also included. |
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