Mad Cow Disease and Related Spongiform Encephalopathies

By David A. Harris

Book Overview

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has become the most publicly recognizable example of a group of fatal neurodegenerative diseases caused by proteinaceous infectious particles called prions. Internationally recognized experts provide an introduction to prion biology, followed by reviews of the latest information on BSE, vCJD, and chronic wasting diseaseùa prion disease that has recently infected animals in North America.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364205756X
• ISBN13: 9783642057564
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 222 Pages