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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE, "Mad Cow Disease")
2005 case of H-type BSE in a cow
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK) - March 9, 2007 NEW
UK's first case of H-type BSE confirmed by DEFRA
Farmers Weekly (Sutton, Surrey - UK) - March 9, 2007 NEW
Consideration of future discussion of unusual cases of spongiform encephalopathy in cattle
UK Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee - 2007 (pdf) NEW
On the Question of Sporadic or Atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - Brown, et al.
Emerging Infectious Diseases - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - December 2006 (pdf)
DECLARATION OF PAUL W. BROWN, M.D. - Creekstone Farms Premium Beef v. USDA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - November 3, 2006 (pdf)
DECLARATION OF LINDA A. DETWILER, D.V.M. - Creekstone Farms Premium Beef v. USDA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - November 3, 2006 (pdf)
Supplemental Declaration of John D. Stewart - Creekstone Farms Premium Beef v. USDA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - November 3, 2006 (pdf)
Sheep-passaged BSE agent exhibits altered patho-biological properties -
Journal of Virology - November 1, 2006 (abstract)
Isolation from Cattle of a Prion Strain Distinct from That Causing Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - Be´ringue, et al.
www.plospathogens.org - October 20, 2006
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: what is "Atypical BSE" and can we detect it? - Richt
Animal Health Research Reviews - accepted for publication October 17, 2006 (abstract)
Different prion disease phenotypes result from inoculation of cattle with two temporally separated sources of sheep scrapie from Great Britain - Konold, et al.
BMC Veterinary Research - October 17, 2006 (pdf)
Research Continues Worldwide on Rare BSE Strain
High Plains Journal (DTN) - October 18, 2006
'Atypical' strain of BSE found in U.S. cattle
Rapid City Journal - August 18, 2006
Transmission of New Bovine Prion to Mice - Baron, et al.
Emerging Infectious Diseases - July 2006 (pdf)
Variant CJD (vCJD) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE): 10 and 20 years on: part 1 - Bradley, et al.
Folia Neuropathologica - 2006 (pdf)
Variant CJD (vCJD) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE): 10 and 20 years on: part 2 - Collee, et al.
Folia Neuropathologica - 2006 (pdf)
US "Atypical" Mad Cow Threat Was Predicted - John Stauber
Center for Media and Democracy - June 14, 2006
USDA: Much Still Unknown About Two US BSE Cases
Dow Jones Newswires - June 8, 2006
Identification and Characterization of U.S. BSE Cases - Hall, et al.
Prion Diseases of Domestic Livestock. p. 25. - May 28, 2006 (abstract)
First and Second Cattle Passage of Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy by Intracerebral Inoculation - Hamir, et al.
Veterinary Pathology - 2006 (abstract)
PrPd accumulation in organs of ARQ/ARQ sheep experimentally infected with BSE by peripheral routes - Lezmi, et al.
Acta Biochimica Polonica - 2006
Natural transmission of BSE between sheep within an experimental flock - Bellworthy, et al.
Veterinary Record - August 13, 2005 (abstract)
Risk of oral infection with bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent in primates - Lasmézas, et al.
Lancet - February 26, 2005 (abstract)
A Fresh Look at BSE - Chesebro
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy infectivity in greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) - Cunningham, et al.
Emerging Infectious Diseases - June 2004 (abstract)
Identification of a second bovine amyloidotic spongiform encephalopathy: Molecular similarities with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - Casalone, et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - March 2, 2004 (pdf)
Characterization of two distinct prion strains derived from bovine spongiform encephalopathy transmissions to inbred mice - Lloyd, et al.
Journal of General Virology - 2004 (pdf)
Atypical Case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in an East-Flemish Cow in Belgium - De Bosschere, et al.
The International Journal of Applied Research in Veterinary Medicine - 2004
Atypical Proteinase K-Resistant Prion Protein (PrPres) Observed in an Apparently Healthy 23-Month-Old Holstein Steer - Yamakawa,
et al.
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - 2003 (pdf)
BSE prions propagate as either variant CJD-like or sporadic CJD-like prion strains in transgenic mice expressing human prion protein - Asante, et al.
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Background, Evolution, and Current Concerns - Brown, et al.
Emerging Infectious Diseases - 2001 (pdf)
Adaptation of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent to primates and comparison with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Implications for human health - Lasmezas, et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - March 27, 2001 (pdf)
Zoo Prion Disease: Review of Scientific Literature
The Official Mad Cow Disease Home Page - 1999
Epidemiological observations on spongiform encephalopathies in captive wild animals in the British Isles - Kirkwood & Cunningham
The Veterinary Record - September 24, 1994 (abstract)
Evidence That Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy Results from Feeding Infected Cattle - Marsh & Hartsough