CONTENTS
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON BSE
- Review of the international BSE situation and surveillance of BSE
U. Kihm, D. Heim – Switzerland
- Review on the Current Diagnosis of Scrapie
L. A. Detwiler – U.S.A.
-Field application of the Prionics-Check-Test in Switzerland
D. Heim - Switzerland
- Prion protein isoforms in Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease
P. Piccardo - U.S.A.
- Review of the current status of the obscure points in TSE
R. Bradley - United Kingdom
A.A. Schudel, C. van Gelderen, L.O. Barcos - Argentina
- TSE surveillance programme. Progress report - July 1999
B.J. Carrillo, F.J. Blanco Viera, E.L. Weber – Argentina
- Analysis of PrP genotypes in ovines from Argentina - Progress report
E.L. Weber, G.B. Pinto, F.J. Blanco Viera, B.J. Carrillo - Argentina
- Profile of the balanced feed industry and pertinent controls
F.G. Kyburg – Argentina
- Animal health: legislation and controls for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
L.O. Mascitelli
- The human TSE preventive program in Argentina
A.L. Taratuto – Argentina
- The impact of BSE on the UK economy
N. Atkinson – London
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMENDATIONS