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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association - 1 Jan 2009
Harman Jane L, Silva Christopher J
Abstract excerpt
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is an infectious disease of cattle that is transmitted through the consumption of meat-and-bone meal from infected cattle. The etiologic agent is an aberrant isoform of the native cellular prion protein that is a normal component of neurologic tissue. There currently are no approved tests that can detect BSE in live cattle.
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