Agricoltura e Diritto: Sicurezza Alimentare
| English |
| bse |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Part of speech |
Noun
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| Grammatical label |
Uncountable
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| Term provenance |
Acronym
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| Variant |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
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| Definition |
Acronym of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, BSE is a rare, chronic degenerative disease affecting the brain and central nervous system of cattle: cattle with BSE lose their coordination, develop abnormal posture and experience changes in behaviour; clinical symptoms take 4-5 years to develop, followed by death in a period of several weeks to months unless the affected animal is destroyed sooner. BSE is classified as a Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE).
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| Definition source |
IFIC
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| Context |
The most important measures will be rules on removal of specified risk materials in combination with a provisional classification according to BSE status, reinforcement of the epidemiosurveillance system on the basis of testing certain higher risk animals (fallen stock, emergency slaughtered cattle), updating of the feed ban and embargoes in the light of recent scientific advice.
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| Context source |
White paper on food safety COM(1999)719 final
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| Subject field |
Food safety
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| Sub-field |
White paper on food safety: Commission's proposals
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| Generic concept |
TSE
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| Coordinate concept |
Brucellosis, Hydatidosis, Listeriosis, Tuberculosis, Salmonellosis
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| Related concept |
Incidence (En.), Bovine animals, Specified risk materials, Post-mortem test
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| fr |
ESB
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| it |
BSE
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| Reliability code |
3
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