Science for BSE Risk Management

Bse Risk in Canada, Part 2: Current Methods of Testing for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (bse)

There are widespread calls for increased surveillance to more accurately detect the incidence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in North American cattle, following the discovery of two cases of BSE in 2003. The need for improved surveillance and testing to determine the prevalence of BSE arises from a number of factors, including the long latent incubation times for this disease (4-6 ye...

Tracking and Testing Of US and Canadian Cattle Herds for BSE: A Risk Management Dilemma

The United States has historically imported a substantial number of cattle from Canada. Given the discovery of a BSE-infected animal in Canada and another in the United States with Canadian heritage raises the question as to whether the United States should track and test imported animals. One alternative for the near term is to identify, permanently mark, and track Canadian cattle in the Unite...

Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Standards for Hospitals

Background and Objective: Hospitals play an important role in protecting the health and survival of people during disasters. Despite the development of risk management programs worldwide in recent years, hospital preparedness in disasters is low and one reason for that is the lack of hospital standards for disaster preparedness. This study aims to develop hospital accreditation standards for ho...

Health Risk Management and Mass Media — Newspaper Reports on BSE in South Korea

Fears lessen for human BSE

Alarm bells rang eight years ago with the evidence that mad cow disease could pass from cows to humans via the food chain. But new research suggests that the disease, although still a problem in a number of countries, will have a limited effect on the human population.