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If you choose to follow any links to the abstract and/or complete text of the item listed below, you will be leaving the Strategian Web site. If you wish to return to this page from the Web page you are sent to, please use the Back option of your browser. Peter G. Smith and Ray Bradley Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and its Epidemiology. (... a review of the epidemiology [prevalence] of bovine spongiform encephalopathy [BSE or, more commonly called, mad cow disease] with a focus on Great Britain. The authors state that since the recognition of BSE in 1986, over 180,000 cattle in the UK [United Kingdom] have developed the disease and 1–3 million are likely to have been infected with the BSE agent, most of which were slaughtered for human consumption before developing signs of the disease. The origin of the first case of BSE is unknown, but the epidemic was caused by the recycling of processed waste parts of cattle, some of which were infected with the BSE agent [prions], to other cattle in feed. The authors conclude that control measures have resulted in the consistent decline of the epidemic in the UK since 1992. Cattle and feed exported from the UK have seeded smaller epidemics in other European countries, where control measures were applied later. If the control measures now in place to protect public and animal health are well enforced, the epidemic in cattle [in Great Britain] should be largely under control and any remaining risk to humans through the consumption of beef should be very small. Other keywords and phrases -- CJD, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, prion, transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, TSE -- from the text of the abstract) British Medical Bulletin Volume 66 (2003): pages 185-198. **The complete text of the abstract is currently available through the Web site of the British Medical Bulletin** How to find the above journal, magazine, or other publication? See Step 3: Locate of the Information Strategy for details. Questions? Please let me know. |
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