Further information and electronic resources with information on BSE -- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Government and Public Agencies

MAFF statistics and news releases from the United Kingdom Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
(now the British Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: DEFRA)

USDA-APHIS-1 information from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
USDA-APHIS-2 information about animal and animal product importation
USDA-APHIS-3 information about animal testing and the surveillance for BSE in the US

FDA information about imports, food safety

WHO Report: Global Surveillance, Diagnosis and Therapy of Human Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
WHO main site
WHO's other documents about TSEs

CJD: National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit in the United Kingdom.

NIAH: The National Institute of Animal Health (Japan)
NIAH world wide statistics on scrapie

OIE: Office international des épizooties statistics on BSE and other animal diseases

FDA: Guidance for Industry; The Sourcing and Processing of Gelatin to Reduce the Potential Risk Posed by Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in FDA-Regulated Products for Human Use

AVMA: American Veterinary Medicine Association information on BSE

CEA: the French Atomic Energy Commission information of BSE, common questions and answers

NPDPSC: National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center established in 1997 at the Division of Neuropathology of Case Western Reserve University, information and testing facility

CJDFoundation: Cruetzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation, Inc., public information

CJDVoice: Cruetzfeldt-Jakob Disease Voice, an information and support group

The BSE Inquiry: The British Parliament set-up this group to report on BSE

Science Oriented Information

CABI: CAB International BSE news and information service

IAH: Research projects on BSE at the Institute of Animal Health; Prion strains, characteristics, references

Univ. of Leicester: Information about prions and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

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General Information and Facts

IFT: food safety from the Institute of Food Technologists

IFST: Information from the Institute of Food Science and Technology in Great Britain

Airtime: Data, news and reports about BSE and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

AABP: Information and fact sheet for Veterinarians from the American Association of Bovine Practitioners

NCA: BSE position statements from the National Cattleman's Beef Association as well as facts about the beef industry

NRA: National Renderers Association

AFIA: American Feed Industry Association creates facility certification institute, offers compliance proof with BSE regulation

Prionics: BSE information offered