BSE - Mad Cow Disease - information sources

Iowa State University Resources

• Iowa Beef Center: BSE Information
• BSE Resources through Iowa State University Extension
• The Center for Food Security & Public Health - Iowa State University

USDA Updates on BSE

• USDA Announces New BSE Surveillance Program (July 20, 2006)
• 2005 Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Update (Oct 2005)
• USDA FSIS Production and Inspection Service - BSE Resources
• An Economic Chronology of BSE in North America - USDA Economic Research Service

U.S. Government Resources

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: BSE and CDC Information and Resources
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in a Dairy Cow -Washington State, 2003 - MMWR Report
• Food and Drug Administration: BSE Information

Other BSE Information Sources

• World Health Organization: BSE Fact Sheet
• The Economic Impact of BSE: A Research Summary 

 Resources for Producers

• Don't Wait on the Government When It Comes to Selling Cattle, advice from the Iowa Beef Center
  Iowa Beef Center's BSE Information Source.
• ISU Center for Food Security and Public Health materials for veterinarians to use in public health and producer programs.
• BSE Information from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
• Animal Science Association
• American Veterinary Medical Association - Public Health BSE
  

Retail/Institutional Food Service Food Safety and Management
Catherine H. Strohbehn, PhD, RD, CFSP
HRIM Extension Specialist
Adjunct Associate Professor
Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa, 50011-1121 USA
cstrohbe@iastate.edu

Consumer and Processing Food Safety and Science
Sam Beattie, PhD
Food Safety Extension Specialist
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Iowa State University Extension
Ames, Iowa, 50011-1121 USA
beatties@iastate.edu

• Article History
• Revision Date: 3/18/2009