Mad Cow Disease: Agricultural Issues for Congress

Becker, Geoffrey S.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy;    Animal diseases;    Animals;   

RP-ID  :  IB10127
RP-ID  :  IB10127_2005Apr21

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) also know as mad cow disease, which is a degenerative, fatal disease affecting the nervous system in cattle. Worldwide, BSE has been found in 187,000 animals, 183,000 of them in Great Britain, where it was first detected in 1986.