Atypical variants of bovine spongiform encephalopathy: rare diseases with consequences for BSE surveillance and control

Boujon, Céline Louise; Serra, Fabienne Heirangi; Seuberlich, Torsten (2016). Atypical variants of bovine spongiform encephalopathy: rare diseases with consequences for BSE surveillance and control. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 158(3), pp. 171-177. Huber 10.17236/sat00053

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Occurring for the first time in 1986 in the United Kingdom, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the so-called “mad-cow disease”, has had unprecedented consequences in veterinary public health. The implementation
of drastic measures, including the ban of meat-and-bone-meal from livestock feed and the removal of specified risk materials from the food chain has eventually resulted in a significant decline of the epidemic. The disease was long thought to be caused by a single agent, but since the introduction of immunochemical diagnostic techniques, evidence of a phenotypic variation of BSE has emerged. Reviewing the literature available on the subject, this paper briefly summarizes the current knowledge about these atypical forms of BSE and discusses the consequences of their occurrence for disease control measures.

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