Understanding Mad Cow Disease

The resources below have been compiled from a variety of unaffiliated web sites. Maryland Cooperative Extension has considered their content and found them to be relevant and useful, but we do not guarantee the content of third-party web sites, nor do we endorse any commercial enterprises with which they are involved.

This page is a collaborative effort between Maryland Cooperative Extension, Maryland Department of Agriculture, and Maryland Emergency Management Agency.

More resources will be posted here as they are evaluated.

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• BSE: Science - Research into BSE
  by Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (the lead UK agency for BSE)

• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
  From the Food Safety Inspection Service

• BSE Information and Updates
  From the U.S. Department of Agriculture

• Facts, Surveillance & Reporting, and Educational Resources
  From the Extension Disaster Education Network

• What You Should Know About BSE (PDF)
  From Iowa State University Extension

• Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)
  links Extension educators from across the U.S. and various disciplines, enabling them to use and share resources to reduce the impact of disasters.

• Questions and Answers Regarding Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
  From the National Centers for Disease Control

• Fact Sheet: New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
  From the National Centers for Disease Control

• USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline:
  1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) TTY: 1-800-256-7072

• USDA email hotline:
  mphotline.fsis@usda.gov

• What you need to know about BSE
  A free seminar for Maryland livestock and dairy producers by Maryland Cooperative Extension.

• Reports, Guidelines, and Directives
  From the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service

• FDA Statement on Rendered Products Derived From BSE Cow in Washington State

• Industry Safeguards against BSE Transmission: Protecting Your Feed Supply (PDF)
  From Iowa State University Extension