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Observations on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Author(s) -
SYMONDS HERB
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
nutrition bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1467-3010
pISSN - 1471-9827
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-3010.1990.tb00087.x
Subject(s) - bovine spongiform encephalopathy , epidemiology , disease , statement (logic) , medicine , encephalopathy , intensive care medicine , environmental health , prion protein , pathology , psychiatry , political science , law
Summary Public concern over bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE , stems from the fear that, because the disease is transmissible between some animal species there may be a potential risk to man from the consumption of beef. It cannot be claimed that there is no risk to man because the information necessary to make such a statement is not yet available. However there is considerable evidence which indicates that the potential risk to man is very low. This article reviews the evidence from laboratory and epidemiological studies on both animal and human encephalopathies.