BSE
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
CEC
Commission of the European
Communities
CJD
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
CWD
Chronic wasting disease
DHSS
Department of Health and Social
Security, UK
DoH
Department of Health, UK
EEC
European Economic Community
EM
Electron microscope
FSE
Feline spongiform encephalopathy
GSS
Gerstmann-Straussler syndrome
HMSO
Her Majesty's Stationery Office, UK
MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food UK
OIE
Office international des epizooties,
France
SAF
Scrapie-associated fibrils
sip
Scrapie incubation period
TME
Transmissible mink encephalopathy
USDA
United States Department of
Agriculture