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AU Göbel,K.A.; Abdulmawjood,A.; Schönenbrücher,H.; Eisgruber,H.; Marx,H.; Bülte,M.
TI Detection of bovine CNS-tissue in meat products and carcasses
QU TSE-Forum, 6. Kongress - Nationale TSE-Forschungsplattform, Greifswald 26.6.-28.6.2006, Poster: Diagnostik DIA-03
PT Konferenz-Poster
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The main infectivity in bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is found in the tissues of the central nervous system (CNS). As BSE is easyly transmissible by oral route to other species, there is always a risk of a possible infection of humans through the consumption of bovine CNS-tissue. That is why the European Union banned the use of bovine, ovine and caprine CNS-tissue and other Specified Risk Material in the food chain.
At the institute of veterinary food science (Gießen, Germany) a new Reverse Transcription-Real Time-PCR system for the animal species specific detection of bovine, ovine and caprine CNS-tissue in meat and meat products was developed (SCHÖNENBRÜCHER et al., 2004; ABDULMAWJOOD et al. (2005). This test system allowes the detection of concentrations of only 0,1% brain and even less spinal cord.
To proof that there still is a potential risk for the consumer to ingest bovine CNS-tissue, swabs from bovine carcasses at different points of the slaugthering process were taken and analysed.
Additionaly two high risk product groups of meat products were tested: more than 50 meat productes imported from east Europe and Russia and more than 50 meat productes which were ordered via internet mail order trading.
Literature
Abdulmawjood A., H. Schönenbrücher and M. Bülte (2005):
Novel molecular method for detection of bovine-specific central nervous system tissues as bovine spongiform encephalopathy risk material in meat and meat products J. Mol. Diagn. 7, 368-374
Schönenbrücher H., A. Abdulmawjood and M. Bülte (2004):
Neuartiger tierartspezifischer Nachweis von GFAP in prozessierten Lebensmitteln mit einem Real Time-PCR-Verfahren. Fleischwirtschaft 6, 114-117
AD Katrin-Annette Göbel, A.Abdulmawjood, H.Schönenbrücher, H.Eisgruber, Prof. Dr. Michael Bülte, Institut für Tierärztliche Nahrungsmittelkunde - Institute of Veterinary Food Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Frankfurter Strasse 92, D-35392 Giessen, Germany; H.Marx, Bayrisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz
SP englisch
PO Deutschland
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