NR AUHD
AU Clauss,M.; Sauter-Louis,C.; Chaher,E.; Pottgießer,C.; Goebel,S.; Selhorst,T.; Wichmann,H.E.; Klee,W.; Kienzle,E.
TI Investigations of the potential risk factors associated with cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Bavaria, Germany
QU The Veterinary Record 2006 Apr 15; 158(15): 509-13
PT journal article
AB In order to identify the management and feeding practices that might have contributed to the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Bavaria, Germany, information from 110 dairy farms on which a case of BSE had been reported was compared with information derived from a questionnaire sent to approximately 10,000 Bavarian farms on which no case of BSE had been reported up to February 2003. Representative information was obtained from 4006 dairy farms. The results indicated that in comparison with these control farms a higher proportion of the BSE farms had also kept pigs or poultry, although the difference was not significant, and that a significantly higher proportion of the BSE farms had fed proprietary concentrates and/or milk replacers to their calves.
IN Die Autoren verglichen Informationen über 110 von BSE-Fällen betroffene bayrische Bauernhöfe mit den Antworten, die sie per Fragebögen von 4006 bayrischen Höfen ohne BSE-Fälle erhielten. Sie meinen, dass die BSE-Höfe etwas (nicht signifikant) häufiger Schweine und Geflügel hielten. Signifikant häufiger verwendeten aber die von BSE-Fällen betroffenen Höfe Milchaustauscher und Kraftfutter.
MH Animal Feed; Animal Husbandry; Animals; Case-Control Studies; Cattle; Cattle Diseases/*epidemiology/etiology/transmission; Dairying; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform/*epidemiology/etiology/transmission; Female; Germany/epidemiology; Questionnaires; Risk Factors
AD Institute of Animal Physiology, Physiological Chemistry and Animal Nutrition, Schonleutnerstrasse 8, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany.
SP englisch
PO England