Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2009 Jan 1;234(1):59-72. doi: 10.2460/javma.234.1.59.

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Animal Feed*
  • Animals
  • Biological Products
  • Cattle
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / etiology
  • Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control
  • Disease Outbreaks / veterinary
  • Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / epidemiology*
  • Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / pathology
  • Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / transmission*
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Humans
  • Minerals
  • PrPSc Proteins / analysis
  • Risk Factors
  • Zoonoses*

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Minerals
  • PrPSc Proteins
  • bone meal