title: Atypical H-type bovine spongiform encephalopathy in a cow born after the reinforced feed ban on meat-and-bone meal in Europe.
abstract: The significance of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathies (BSE) in cattle for controlling the BSE epidemic is poorly understood. Here we report a case of atypical H-type BSE in a cow born after the implementation of the reinforced feed ban in Europe. This supports an etiology of H-type BSE unrelated to that of classical BSE.
authors.affiliation: NeuroCentre, National and OIE Reference Laboratory for BSE and Scrapie, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guldimann
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gsponer
authors.forename: Cord
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Drögemüller
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oevermann
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seuberlich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001688:Biological Products; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002417:Cattle; D004032:Diet / Q000379:methods*; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005060:Europe; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008460:Meat; D008853:Microscopy; D008903:Minerals; D011328:Prions / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D008903:Minerals; D011328:Prions; C027762:bone meal