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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease  
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Latest News  

Apr 7, 2009
New Item FDA delays new BSE-related feed ban 2 months

Aug 27, 2008
New Item USDA unveils ban on using disabled cattle in food

May 21, 2008
New Item USDA to ban all 'downer' cattle from food supply

Apr 24, 2008
New Item FDA broadens BSE-related feed ban

Feb 29, 2008
New Item USDA vows to enforce humane practices at meat plants

Feb 18, 2008
New Item Animal-cruelty probe leads to US's biggest meat recall

Jan 9, 2008
New Item Possible vCJD case in UK may signal more to come

Dec 18, 2007
New Item Canada reports its 11th BSE case

Sep 18, 2007
New Item US to end BSE-related ban on older Canadian cattle

Jul 13, 2007
New Item Canada widens BSE-related feed ban; US still pondering

May 4, 2007
New Item Canada reports 10th case of BSE

Apr 4, 2007
New Item Canada finishes probe of 9th BSE case

Jan 22, 2007
New Item Fourth vCJD case linked with blood transfusion in UK

Jan 5, 2007
New Item US wants to end BSE-linked ban on older Canadian cattle

Dec 21, 2006
New Item Canada reaches dead end in BSE probe

Dec 5, 2006
New Item Saudi man has third vCJD case found in US

Oct 11, 2006
New Item Chronic wasting disease may spread via saliva

Aug 25, 2006
New Item Canada says feed mill error suspected in BSE case

Aug 23, 2006
New Item Canada finds 8th case of BSE

      
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New Item Asymptomatic deer excrete infectious prions in faeces
From Jul 29 Nature

 
New Item Molecular, biochemical and genetic characteristics of BSE in Canada
From May 14 PLoS ONE

 
New Item Prions are secreted into the oral cavity in sheep with preclinical scrapie
From J Infect Dis, published online Apr 19

 
New Item Asymptomatic deer excrete infectious prions in faeces
Letter from Nature, published online Sep 9, 2009

 
New Item Prions are secreted in milk from clinically normal scrapie-exposed sheep
From Aug 2009 J Virol

 
New Item Prion adsorption to stainless steel is promoted by nickel and molybdenum
From J Gen Virol, published online Jul 15, 2009

 
New Item Minocycline as a potential therapeutic agent in neurodegenerative disorders characterized by protein misfolding
From Apr-Jun 2009 Prion

 
New Item Infectious prions in pre-clinical deer and transmission of chronic wasting disease solely by environmental exposure
From Jun 16, 2009, PLoS ONE

 
New Item Two unusual bovine spongiform encephalopathy cases detected in Great Britain
From Zoonoses Public Health, published online May 28, 2009

 
New Item Biochemical typing of pathological prion protein in aging cattle with BSE
From Virol J, published online May 26, 2009

 
New Item Prevalence of disease related prion protein in anonymous tonsil specimens in Britain
From BMJ, published online May 21, 2009

 
New Item De novo generation of infectious prions in vitro produces a new disease phenotype
From PLoS Pathog, published online May 15, 2009

 
New Item A case-control study on the origin of atypical scrapie in sheep, France
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Mar 31, 2009

 
New Item Chronic wasting disease prions in elk antler velvet
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Mar 23, 2009

 
New Item Genetic risk factors for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a genome-wide study
From Jan 2009 Lancet Neurol

 
New Item Epidemiological characteristics of classical scrapie outbreaks in 30 sheep flocks in the United Kingdom
From PLoS ONE, published online Dec 22, 2008

 
New Item Bacterial colitis increases suceptibility to oral prion disease
From J Infect Dis, published online Dec 12, 2008

 
New Item Prions in milk from ewes incubating natural scrapie
From PLoS Pathog, published online Dec 12, 2008