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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: implications for Australia |
Author: | Goldwater, P. |
Citation: | Medical Journal of Australia, 2001; 175(3):154-158 |
Publisher: | Australasian Med Publ Co Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2001 |
ISSN: | 0025-729X 1326-5377 |
Abstract: | The bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epizootic developed in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s. Feeding practices in the cattle industry amplified the causative prion, and meat contaminated with BSE entered the market. Human consumption of prion-contaminated meat led to the new zoonosis--variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). The UK BSE Inquiry published its report in October 2000; while praising policy decisions, it also documented failures in the execution of these policies, specifically delays and lack of rigour. Australia is in an excellent position to maintain its BSE- and scrapie-free status, but widespread active surveillance of neural and non-neural tissue from all species of farmed quadrupeds is needed. |
Keywords: | Animals Cattle Humans Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform Cattle Diseases Nerve Tissue Proteins Prions Risk Factors Disease Outbreaks Food Contamination Mutation Meat Australia |
DOI: | 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143065.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143065.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Paediatrics publications |
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