No abstract available.
Animals ; Cattle ; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform*

Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform ; Travel ; Cattle

No abstract available.
Animals ; Cattle ; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform* ; Korea*

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Animals ; Cattle ; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform/epidemiology ; Meat/*analysis ; United States

In Japan the consumers' trust in the food safety administration and social system was crumbled miserably. What with the occurrence of BSE cases and the revelation of a series of coverup scandals, what a food labelling system ought to be also emerged as an important issue. In April 2002, the investigation and examination commission on BSE issues came up with a report in which it proposed that the “priority of consumers' health protection over everything else” and the “adoption of risk analysis” should be the basic principles of the food safety administration.The report also suggested setting up independent administrative organisation to conduct the “risk assessment” and “risk communication” (Cabinet Office/the Food Safety Commission), establishing a comprehensive legal system for food safety (a Food Safety Basic Law), and amending the Food Sanitation Law and other related regulations. Meanwhile, JCCU, joining forces with its member cooperatives across the nation, gathered 13,730,000 signatures to file a petition with the government for revision of the Food Sanitation Law, worked on local governments to beef up food safety measures, appealed to all political parties and groups, and approached local assemblies about adopting our petition for food safety. These efforts bore fruit by and large.The central government, in response to the above-mentioned activities, put bills concerning the reform of the administrative organisation and enactment of new laws. Deliberation was carried out as speedily as ever. To assure food safety, as from July 2003, new administrative organisation came into being with new laws put into operation.
Food ; Safety ; aspects of laws ; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform ; Sanitation

Animals ; Cattle ; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform ; epidemiology ; prevention & control ; transmission ; Humans

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Animals ; Cattle ; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome* ; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform*

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder in which accumulation of the pathogenic prion protein induces neuronal damage and results in distinct pathologic features. This abnormal prion is an infectious protein and resistant to methods of sterilization currently being used. Therefore, management of definite, or suspected CJD patients requires additional precautions. We report our experience of a patient who had undergone brain biopsy for suspected of CJD. The patient was confirmed to have sporadic CJD.
Anesthesia ; Biopsy ; Brain ; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome ; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform ; Humans ; Neurodegenerative Diseases ; Neurons ; Sterilization

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a member of the transmissible spongiform encepahlopathies, has been a notifiable disease in Turkey since 1997. In 2002, the BSE status of Turkey was assessed by the EU Scientific Steering Committee as "it is likely but not confirmed".This study presents the results of a targeted surveillance study to assess the presence of BSE in the age risk population of Bursa, Turkey. In the assessment procedure, the immunohistochemical detection of protease-resistant prion protein (PrP-Sc) was aimed at and applied to 420 brain tissues of cattle slaughtered in Bursa at an age of 30-months and older. None of the samples were positive for BSE.
Age Factors ; Animals ; Cattle ; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform/*diagnosis/epidemiology ; Immunohistochemistry/veterinary ; Prions/*analysis ; Turkey/epidemiology

OBJECTIVES: This study was aimed to examine whether participants of a Korean candlelight rally had correct medical information about human mad cow disease and rational attitudes about imported U.S. beef in relation to human mad cow disease. METHODS: A total of 393 face-to-face interviews were conducted, and subjects completed questions about prevalence of senile dementia and human mad cow disease in U.S. and whether they will eat U.S. beef even if no cases of human mad cow disease occurred in the U.S. or if the chance of being affected with human mad cow disease was lower than dying in a plane crash. RESULTS: Correct answer rates to the questions about prevalence of senile dementia and human mad cow disease were 28.2% and 36.1%, respectively. A majority of respondents answered that they would not eat U.S. beef even if there were no reported cases of human mad cow disease in the U.S. or if their chance of being affected with human mad cow disease was lower than dying in a plane crash (75.6% and 86.0%, respectively). CONCLUSION: At least 64.4% of participants had incorrect medical information about human mad cow disease, and their attitudes about imported U.S. beef may be rooted in emotion rather than fact.
Adenine Nucleotides ; Alzheimer Disease ; Animals ; Cattle ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform ; Humans ; Korea ; Mycophenolic Acid ; Prevalence