Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and its relationship to the new variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. An account of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, its cause, the clinical signs and epidemiology including the transmissibility of prion diseases with special reference to the relationship between bovine spongiform encephalopathy and the variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Bradley
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Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Addlestone, UK. raybradley@btinternet.com
D000821:Animal Feed / Q000009:adverse effects; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011328:Prions / Q000378:metabolism; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
D011328:Prions