Abbreviations

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BSE
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

CEC
Commission of the European
Communities

CJD
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

CWD
Chronic wasting disease

DHSS
Department of Health and Social
Security, UK

DoH
Department of Health, UK

EEC
European Economic Community

EM
Electron microscope

FSE
Feline spongiform encephalopathy

GSS
Gerstmann-Straussler syndrome

HMSO
Her Majesty's Stationery Office, UK

MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food UK

OIE
Office international des epizooties,
France

SAF
Scrapie-associated fibrils

sip
Scrapie incubation period

TME
Transmissible mink encephalopathy

USDA
United States Department of
Agriculture


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