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AU anonym
AK Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
TI Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in a dairy cow - Washington state, 2003
QU MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2004 Jan 9; 52(53): 1280-5
IA http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5253.pdf und http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5253a2.htm
PT journal article
AB On December 23, 2003, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made a preliminary diagnosis of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a single "downer" (i.e., nonambulatory disabled) dairy cow in Washington state. On December 25, this diagnosis was confirmed by the BSE international reference laboratory in Weybridge, England. This report summarizes the findings of the initial investigation of this case and describes the public health prevention measures adopted by USDA to protect the human food supply. The occurrence of BSE in the United States reinforces the need for physicians to be aware of the clinical features of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) and to arrange for brain autopsies in all decedents with suspected or probable CJD to assess the neuropathology of these patients.
MH Abattoirs; Animals; Canada/epidemiology; Cattle; Contact Tracing; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform/*epidemiology/prevention & control; Food Industry; United States/epidemiology; United States Department of Agriculture; Washington/epidemiology
SP englisch
PO USA
EA pdf-Datei und HTML-Version