- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Report by Richard H. Kimberlin addressing BSE and related diseases including Scrapie, Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy (TME), and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD).
www.fao.org/docrep/T0573E/T0573E00.htm
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: An Unknown Quantity?
Cause, effects, history, glossary of terms.
www.iol.ie/~craigie/BSE/BSE_home.htm
- BSE Information at the University of Illinois
In-depth information on spongiform encephalopathies including BSE in cattle, vCJD in humans, scrapie in sheep, and TSEs in cats, deer, and other animals.
w3.aces.uiuc.edu/AnSci/BSE
- BSE Inquiry
Official web site of the U.K. public inquiry into the emergence of BSE and nvCJD. Includes the full text of the inquiry report, released October 26, 2000.
www.bseinquiry.gov.uk
- BSEinfo.org
Information produced by National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
www.bseinfo.org
- Food Safety: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Speeches and fact sheets from the European Commission.
europa.eu.int/comm/food/food/biosafety/bse/index_en.htm
- HowStuffWorks: How Mad Cow Disease Works
Describes the disorder affecting the central nervous system of cattle, what its consequences for humans are, and what is being done to control and prevent its occurrence.
www.howstuffworks.com/mad-cow-disease.htm
- Mad Cow Disease: The BSE Epidemic in Great Britain
1996 interview with Dr. Frederick A. Murphy, Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis.
www.accessexcellence.org/WN/NM/madcow96.html
- Mad Cow Disease/Mad Deer Disease
Collection of articles from the Organic Consumer Association addressing Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, the chronic wasting disease.
www.organicconsumers.org/madcow.htm
- Mad-Cow-Facts.com
Facts, news, and links from the Center for Global Food Issues about Mad Cow Disease, also known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.
www.mad-cow-facts.com
- New Scientist Special Report on BSE and vCJD
Articles and links dedicated to the spread of the mutant prion protein commonly know as mad cow disease.
www.newscientist.com/channel/health/bse
- NOVA: The Brain Eater
Explores the causes of Mad Cow disease, what happens when science faces an unknown pathogen, and the implications for public health.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/madcow
- Priondata.org
Source of regularly upgraded data for scientists, business, the media, and the public about BSE, vCJD, and other TSEs.
www.priondata.org
- USDA: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
General information on Mad Cow Disease, as well as updated news and response reports. From the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/hot_issues/bse.shtml
- WHO: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Includes fact sheets on the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies BSE and vCJD, their on public health, and worldwide surveillance and control efforts.
www.who.int/csr/disease/bse/en
- Why Files: Mad Cow, New Fears
Feature article addressing the cause and spread of BSE, as well as chronic wasting disease in deer and elk, and kuru among the Fore people of New Guinea.
www.whyfiles.org/012mad_cow
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