Open AccessBees Spongiforme Enkefalopatie (BSE, Malkoeisiekte)
Author(s) -
Gabriela Brückner
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie/die suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2222-4173
pISSN - 0254-3486
DOI - 10.4102/satnt.v16i1.663
Subject(s) - bovine spongiform encephalopathy , european union , disease , ingestion , veterinary medicine , environmental health , medicine , business , prion protein , international trade , pathology , endocrinology
Mad Cow Disease or BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) became a household name internationally and also in South Africa. International hysteria resulted following reports of a possible link between a disease diagnosed in cattle in Britain and a variant of the disease diagnosed in humans after the presumed ingestion or contact with meat from infected cattle. The European Union instituted a ban on the importation of beef from the United Kingdom during March 1996 that had a severe effect on the beef industry in the UK and also resulted in a world wide consumer resistance against beef consumption