Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) 

Due to concerns raised about Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or "Mad Cow Disease" in the news in recent months, Illinois TRAILL is providing you this page on where you may gather more information.  Due to amount of high quality information already online about BSE we decided to links to sites, which have clearly defined ownership by an institution or government agency.  This list of links is just a sampling of the information available to you and many contain their own list of links that you may follow. 

BSE in the United States  

• Latest from Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
  http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/bse/bse.html
• FDA BSE Emergency Response Plan
  http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/bseplan/bseplan.html
• Washington State Department of Agriculture
  http://agr.wa.gov/FoodAnimal/AnimalFeed/BSE.htm

BSE Links

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency Animal Products Animal Health and Production Division
• Frequently Asked Questions - Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
  http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/bseesb/bsefaqe.shtml
• Investigation of BSE case in Western Canada
  http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2003/20030520qae.shtml
• Investigation into A Case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in Alberta
  http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2003/20030520bge.shtml
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/bse.html
• Department of Animal Sciences, U of I
     http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/AnSci/BSE/
• United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
  • Recent Issues
    http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/bse/bse.html
  • BSE Overview leaflet (pdf):
    http://www.aphis.usda.gov/oa/pubs/brobse01.pdf
  • Overview - http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/fsheet_faq_notice/fs_ahbse.html
  • Bibliography for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies August 1996
    http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ceah/cei/bsbibps.pdf
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in the UK
     http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/bse/
• European Commission: Health and Consumer Protection - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE):
     http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/bse/index_en.html
• World Health Organization: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE):
     http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/bse/

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