Mad Cows & Englishmen.
Discusses the impact of the mad cow disease or the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic in Europe. Nature of the disease; Comments on the evidences of the link between BSE and the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD); Precautionary action taken by the United States government; Economic conseq...
| Publicado en: | Commentary Vol. 111; no. 3; pp. 38 - 42 |
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Commentary, Inc.
Mar2001
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| Sumario: | Discusses the impact of the mad cow disease or the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic in Europe. Nature of the disease; Comments on the evidences of the link between BSE and the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD); Precautionary action taken by the United States government; Economic consequences of the epidemic; Cause of the disease; Details on the number of victims of CJD. |
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