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Crawford, Lester M.

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in the United States

Category: Crawford, Lester M.

September, 2000

This report from CAST characterizes the overall U.S. risk for the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly called “mad cow” disease, as extremely low.

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