title: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: an update.
abstract: A specialist group of the Office International des Epizooties met in May 1996 to prepare updated information on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE): in particular on the development of the epidemic, geographical incidence, nature of the disease, transmission, precautions and control measures. A revised Chapter 3.2.13. of the International Animal Health Code dealing with BSE, and an outline of the spongiform encephalopathies, are appended, along with a comprehensive bibliography.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D012307:Risk Factors; D012608:Scrapie / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D012756:Sheep