| Pennsylvania Information
And Resources |
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"What We Know
About Mad Cow Disease and Its Recent Outbreak in the United States" (pdf) |
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"Protecting
Your Business from Mad Cow Disease" (pdf) |
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BSE
Stock Market Watch -- News on cosumer response and impact on beef
prices |
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Penn
State BSE FAQs |
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Penn
State Food Safety Data Base -- Search database to find a listing
of up to date articles on BSE |
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Statement from Pennsylvania
Secretary of Agriculture, Dennis C. Wolff--To
Pennsylvania Livestock Producers, 12/30/03 |
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PA
Beef Council -- The Pennsylvania Beef Council
(PBC) is a non-profit organization working on behalf of 25,000 beef,
dairy and veal producers in Pennsylvania. |
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| Federal Agency Information |
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APHIS
Information Page--Contains information on the
latest updates and surveilance procedures, FAQs, chronological developments,
BSE
Images, and related information |
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CDC--Center
for Disease Control; Contains FAQs,
New
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Fact Sheet news and highlights |
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FDA--Food
and Drug Administration; latest news and information for consumers,
industry professionals, vaccines and blood safety; New
BSE Feed Regulations |
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USDA/FAS --Foreign Agriculture Service |
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USDA's
BSE Testing Program--The U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) has undertaken an intensive animal health testing program
for BSE. |
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FSIS--Food
Safety and Inspection Service |
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EDEN--Extension,
Disaster, Education Network |
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| Information For Animal Industry
Professionals, Producers |
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Pennsylvania
Veterinary Laboratory Certified for BSE Sample Analysis (May 20, 2004
PDA Press Release) |
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Foodborne Pathogens and Disease:
Bibliography of Peer-reviewed
Papers |
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American
Meat Science Association--BSE
Resources page |
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Screening
All Cattle is Costly Idea -- January
12, 2004. Omaha World-Herald |
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New
BSE Feed Regulations |
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Center
for Food Security and Public Health -- Iowa
State University; This is a site for industry professionals and veterinarians.
Contains educational and training resources.-- Fact
Sheets, BSE
Power Point Presentation |
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BSE
Talking Points, January 2, 2004 -- from Emergency Management and
Information Network |
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DEFRA
BSE Homepage - United
Kingdom, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs |
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OIE
-- World Health Organization for Animal Health |
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Calf
Notes
-- By Dr. Jim Quigley, from CalfNotes.com |
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BSE
and Calves - Information on the potential
for maternal transmission of BSE to calves.
BSE
and Bovine Blood Proteins - Information on FDA ruling |
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BSEinfo.Org
-- Managed by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association |
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National
Cattleman's Association -- Initiated in 1898,
the National Cattlemen's Beef Association is the marketing organization
and trade association for America's one million cattle farmers and
ranchers. |
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| Information From Other State
And National Organizations |
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University
of Minnesota - (CIDRAP) Center for Infections Disease Research
and Policy |
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The
State of Washington's BSE Information
-- News and facts about BSE. |
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BSE
Information at UIUC -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Valuable information about BSE posted prior to the outbreak in the
US. |
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BSE
Information at Purdue |
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Iowa
State Univeristy BSE Information |
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Institue
of Agriculture and Natural Resources AI Information--Nebraska
State University |
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MU
Hosts Scientific Workshop on BSE and Similar Diseases |