ISBN:
9781857288124
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (249 p.)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mad Cow Crisis : Health And The Public Good
DDC:
306.461
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The announcement that BOSER may cause a fatal human disease caused enormous media attention and aroused public alarm. This book looks at the crisis from the viewpoint of vets, journalists, policy makers, politicians and the beef industry and looks at key reports from governing bodies
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Scientific/Historical Perspectives; Part II Politics as Health; Part III Understanding the Crisis; Appendix 1 A Chronology of BSE and CJD Developments; Appendix 2 Program to Eradicate BSE in the United Kingdom; Appendix 3 Meat Hygiene Service: Specified Bovine Material Controls; Appendix 4 WHO Fact Sheet N113: (Revised) April 1996; Appendix 5 World Health Organization: Emerging and Other Communicable Diseases (EMC); Afterword; Notes on Contributors; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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