Web Directory

» American Association of Meat Processors - BSE Information
   Provides resource manual and links to relevant BSE information.
   http://www.aamp.com/safety_bse.php

» An Explanation of Mad Cow Disease
   Mark Purdey argues and presents evidence that BSE, Kuru, and variant Creutzfeld Jakob Disease are caused by manganese poisoning.
   http://www.ourcivilisation.com/madcow/index.htm

» BSE Information at the University of Illinois
   Factual information, news releases, general information and web sites about BSE (mad cow disease); veterinary, consumer and producer information.
   http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/AnSci/BSE/

» BSE News Blog
   The Center for Global Food Issues provides the latest news on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease.
   http://www.bsenews.com

» BSE and Sheep: Current Knowledge, Risk Assessment, SRM Controls and Options
   The Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee presents research findings on prion diseases in sheep and outlines areas of research still to be undertaken.
   http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/bse-sheep-seac.pdf

» BSE in Europe
   Statistics and news on BSE cases.
   http://home.kpn.nl/mad.cow/

» BSEInfo.org
   A review of literature, research and historical data on these diseases, compiled under the auspices of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
   http://www.bseinfo.org/

» Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
   Information on this notifiable disease, first noticed in the UK in 1986, its control, eradication and associated legislation.
   http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/farmanimal/diseases/atoz/bse/

» Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in the United States, Feb 17th 2004
   Article about the first case of BSE detected in the US, information on the disease and on the regulations put in place by the US Department of Agriculture.
   http://beef.unl.edu/beefreports/roundtable200402.shtml

» Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Mad Cow Disease
   Factsheet on this condition from the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service.
   http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Bovine_Spongiform_Encephalopathy_Mad_Cow_Disease/

» Bureau for National Affairs (BNA) BSE Web Watch
   Provides links and news on mad cow disease from national and international governments and organizations.
   http://www.bna.com/webwatch/madcow.htm

» Is Mad Cow Disease Caused by a Bacteria?
   Medical hypothesis by Lawrence Broxmeyer, MD.
   http://drbroxmeyer.netfirms.com/MadCow.pdf

» Mad Cow Disease
   Educational information from Miller and Levine on prions and mad cow disease.
   http://www.millerandlevine.com/news/bse/

» MicrobiologyBytes: The Origin of BSE
   Article discussing the theory that cows had contracted the disease by eating feed containing the remains of sheep infected with scrapie.
   http://www.microbiologybytes.com/blog/2007/04/02/the-origin-of-bse/

» NOVA: The Brain Eater
   Article that explores the causes of Mad Cow disease, what happens when science faces an unknown pathogen, and the implications for public health.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/madcow/

» New Scientist: Absent Prions Blow Hole in BSE Theory
   Abstract of an article about the abnormal prion proteins assumed to be the infectious agents.
   http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19626274.300-absent-prions-blow-hole-in-bse-theory.html

» OIE: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
   The World Organisation for Animal Health presents statistical information on the BSE situation worldwide.
   http://www.oie.int/eng/info/en_esb.htm

» Official Mad Cow Disease Home Page
   Contains thousands of articles on mad cow and other diseases.
   http://www.mad-cow.org/

» Organophosphate and Mad Cow Disease
   Mark Purdey's theory of mad cow disease.
   http://madcow.pamrotella.com/

» The Origins of BSE
   Article by Mark Purdey discussing whether researchers into this disease have been ignoring environmental perspectives.
   http://www.markpurdey.com/science_the_origins_of_bse.htm

» Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) BSE Page
   Information and resources on Bovine Spongiform encephalopathy.
   http://agr.wa.gov/FoodAnimal/AnimalFeed/BSE.htm