"Mad Cow Disease" or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Scientific and Regulatory Issues

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal industry.

Diseases.

Forage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1997

Summary:

Examines scientific background and regulatory issues surrounding bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), popularly known as "mad cow disease". Includes discussion of links between BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, method by which BSE spreads, incidents of BSE in the United Kingdom and Europe, and U.S. Federal action on issue

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. "Mad Cow Disease" or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Scientific and Regulatory Issues

Publisher Number:

CRS-1997-SPR-0014

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