MANAGEMENT OF TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES IN MEAT PRODUCTION

Epidemiology, surveillance and risk assessment for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Capacity Building for Surveillance and prevention of BSE
and other zoonotic diseases

MANAGEMENT OF TRANSMISSIBLE
SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES
IN MEAT PRODUCTION

course manual

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Rome, 2007

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Table of contents

Part I [521 Kb]

Part II [389 Kb]

Appendix 1: Authors and course contributors
Appendix 2: Related background reading and Web links
Appendix 3: Glossary of technical terms and acronyms
Appendix 4: Project summary