Atypical H-Type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in a Cow Born after the Reinforced Feed Ban on Meat-and-Bone Meal in Europe | Zendy

Claudia Guldimann | Zendy; Michaela Gsponer | Zendy; Cord Drögemüller | Zendy; Anna Oevermann | Zendy; Torsten Seuberlich | Zendy

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Atypical H-Type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in a Cow Born after the Reinforced Feed Ban on Meat-and-Bone Meal in Europe

Author(s) -

Claudia Guldimann,

Michaela Gsponer,

Cord Drögemüller,

Anna Oevermann,

Torsten Seuberlich

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.02178-12

Subject(s) - bovine spongiform encephalopathy , meat and bone meal , etiology , cattle diseases , medicine , biology , virology , prion protein , pathology , disease , fish meal , fishery , fish <actinopterygii>

The significance of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathies (BSE) in cattle for controlling the BSE epidemic is poorly understood. Here we report a case of atypical H-type BSE in a cow born after the implementation of the reinforced feed ban in Europe. This supports an etiology of H-type BSE unrelated to that of classical BSE.

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