Abstract
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is an infectious disease of cattle that is transmitted through the consumption of meat-and-bone meal from infected cattle. The etiologic agent is an aberrant isoform of the native cellular prion protein that is a normal component of neurologic tissue. There currently are no approved tests that can detect BSE in live cattle.
MeSH terms
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Age Factors
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Animal Feed*
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Animals
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Biological Products
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Cattle
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / etiology
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Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control
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Disease Outbreaks / veterinary
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Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / epidemiology*
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Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / pathology
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Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / transmission*
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Genetic Predisposition to Disease
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Humans
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Minerals
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PrPSc Proteins / analysis
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Risk Factors
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Zoonoses*
Substances
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Biological Products
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Minerals
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PrPSc Proteins
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bone meal